title: Elderly people's interaction with advanced technology.
abstract: Aging of population is an inevitable process by which the number of elderly people is increasing. Rapid development of information and communication technology (ICT) is changing basic needs of elderly people; therefore society should ensure opportunities for elderly to learn and use ICT in a way to manage their daily life activities and in this way enable them participation in the information and knowledge society. The purpose of the study was to find out whether elderly are acquainted with the advanced technology and to what extent they use it or they desire to use it. Within the single point study we interviewed 100 randomly selected elderly people from different geographical regions in Slovenia. Results showed the differences in the use of advanced technology by Slovenian regions; therefore in the future activities should be focused on organizing promotional and demonstrational activities including ICT courses to increase elderly's motivation for ICT interaction.
authors.affiliation: University of Maribor, Center for International Cooperation, Maribor, Slovenia.
authors.forename: Helena
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Blažun
authors.affiliation: University of Maribor, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, Maribor, Slovenia.
authors.forename: Janez
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vošner
authors.affiliation: University of Maribor, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, Maribor, Slovenia.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kokol
authors.affiliation: University of Eastern Finland, Department of Health and Social Management, Kuopio, Finland.
authors.forename: Kaija
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saranto
authors.affiliation: University of Eastern Finland, Department of Health and Social Management, Kuopio, Finland.
authors.forename: Sari
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rissanen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001292:Attitude to Computers; D040421:Cell Phone / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003197:Computer Literacy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003201:Computers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D020380:Needs Assessment; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013672:Technology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013690:Television / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014584:User-Computer Interface