Journal
JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES B-PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Volume 76, Issue 3, Pages E99-E103Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbaa098
Keywords
Aging; COVID-19; Digital inequality; Exclusion; Internet
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The COVID-19 pandemic has led to the exclusion of older adults from physical social contact and digital services, particularly for those in long-term care facilities who lack internet access and digital literacy. This exclusion may have negative outcomes, and recommendations are provided to address this issue.
The COVID-19 pandemic has excluded older adults from a society based on physical social contact. Vulnerable populations like older adults also tend to be excluded from digital services because they opt not to use the internet, lack necessary devices and network connectivity, or inexperience using the technology. Older adults who are frail and are not online, many of whom are in long-term care facilities, struggle with the double burden of social and digital exclusion. This paper discusses the potential outcomes of this exclusion and provides recommendations for rectifying the situation, with a particular focus on older adults in long-term care facilities.
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