TY - GEN
T1 - Invisible and forgotten
T2 - 11th International Conference on Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population, ITAP 2025, held as part of the 27th HCI International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2025
AU - Noronha, Elizângela
AU - Ganito, Carla
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2025.
PY - 2025/5
Y1 - 2025/5
N2 - Digital ageism contributes to the digital exclusion of elderly individuals. Low incomes and loss of financial autonomy is amongst the main factors for digital exclusion amongst the elderly, especially those institutionalized, nevertheless if economic issues can favor access to technology, without the necessary literacy, digital exclusion continues among older people. This paper presents the portrait of institutionalized elderly in the municipality of Covilhã, in the interior of Portugal, mainly made up of women aged 75 and above. We were able to confirm the importance of digital connection for the well-being of this age group that reported interest and enthusiasm for the use of digital devices and social networking site as they crave connection and to keep in touch with family. Albeit this interest there is a lack of access and support that reinforce stereotypes of incompetence. These findings have potential relevance for public policies addressing the needs of institutionalized elderly people.
AB - Digital ageism contributes to the digital exclusion of elderly individuals. Low incomes and loss of financial autonomy is amongst the main factors for digital exclusion amongst the elderly, especially those institutionalized, nevertheless if economic issues can favor access to technology, without the necessary literacy, digital exclusion continues among older people. This paper presents the portrait of institutionalized elderly in the municipality of Covilhã, in the interior of Portugal, mainly made up of women aged 75 and above. We were able to confirm the importance of digital connection for the well-being of this age group that reported interest and enthusiasm for the use of digital devices and social networking site as they crave connection and to keep in touch with family. Albeit this interest there is a lack of access and support that reinforce stereotypes of incompetence. These findings have potential relevance for public policies addressing the needs of institutionalized elderly people.
KW - Digital ageism
KW - Digital exclusion
KW - Institutionalized elderly
KW - Interior of Portugal
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=105007532046&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-92712-6_12
DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-92712-6_12
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:105007532046
SN - 9783031927140
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science
SP - 189
EP - 198
BT - Human aspects of IT for the aged population
A2 - Gao, Qin
A2 - Zhou, Jia
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Y2 - 22 June 2025 through 27 June 2025
ER -