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I am connected: new approaches to supporting people in later life online
- Author:
- RICHARDSON James
- Publisher:
- Good Things Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 58
- Place of publication:
- Sheffield
Report of the research carried out by the Good Things Foundation for the Centre For Ageing Better, to try and understand the underlying reasons for older people’s digital behaviour. The methodology combined analysis of major datasets including the Online Centres learner survey and Ofcom’s Adults’ Media Use & Attitudes Report, as well as original qualitative research in the form of interviews, focus groups and observations. This included semi-structured interviews with twenty-seven people aged between 55 and 93. A literature review of grey and academic research concerning studies of digital exclusion but also research into cognitive decline in older age, and psychological phenomena which may affect digital behaviour was also part of the study. One of the clearest findings of the research is that older people with good social resources and little need for health and public services are able to live - and thrive - without access to the internet. The authors also present a typology of digital engagement and older people. (Edited publisher abstract)
Mixing matters: how shared sites can bring older and younger people together and unite Brexit Britain
- Author:
- UNITED FOR ALL AGES
- Publisher:
- United for All Ages
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 25
- Place of publication:
- Norfolk
Sets out why increasing connections between generations is key to the health, wellbeing and future of individuals, communities and the country. While Britain has become more age segregated in recent decades, this paper demonstrates there is a growing movement to tackle ‘age apartheid’. The paper focuses on how older and younger people can come together through ‘shared sites’ with many inspiring and practical examples that could be replicated across the UK. Four specific themes are explored: shared care and play; shared housing and living; shared learning and work; and shared community spaces and activities. The paper sets out an ambition to develop 500 shared sites by 2022, arguing that with some 75,000 care homes, nurseries and schools in the UK, there is massive scope for the shared sites challenge to achieve much more. (Edited publisher abstract)