RT Journal Article
T1 The digital inclusion of older people in Spain: technological support services for seniors as predictor
A1 Tirado Morueta, Ramón
A1 Rodríguez Martín, Alejandro
A1 Álvarez Arregui, Emilio
A1 Ortiz Sobrino, Miguel Ángel
A1 Aguaded, José Ignacio
AB While life expectancy increases in developed countries and there is evidence that demon strates the potential of the internet to optimise or compensate for the losses associatedwith ageing, there is a high proportion of older people who continue to be disconnectedfrom the digital world. In this scenario, the technological support offered by public insti tutions has the potential to be an accessible source for the digital literacy of older people.This study, using the model of digital inequality, had the aim of analysing the ability ofthese institutional supports to determine and predict the digital inclusion of older people.The sample was retired adults (over 54 years) residing in Spain who are users of techno logical support services in four organisational contexts: nursing homes, senior communitycentres, University Programs for Seniors and adult education programmes. Through bin ary logistic regression analysis, we found that the ability of the availability of literacy sup port to determine and predict access, autonomy, skills and use of the internet for socialconnectivity depends on the social and organisational context of the technology supportservice. These findings support empirically the situated nature of technological supportfor the digital inclusion of older people and provide a useful comparative vision for thedesign of accessible support services adapted to the needs of its users.
PB Cambridge University Press
SN 0144-686X
SN 1469-1779 (electrónico)
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/20074
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/20074
LA eng
NO Tirado-Morueta, R., Rodríguez-Martín, A., Álvarez-Arregui, E., Ortíz-Sobrino, M. Á., & Aguaded-Gómez, J. I. (2021). The digital inclusion of older people in Spain: technological support services for seniors as predictor. Ageing and Society, 1–27. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0144686x21001173
NO This work was conducted within the framework of ‘Alfamed’ (Euro-AmericanNetwork of Researchers), with the support of the R+D Project ‘Youtubers and Instagrammers: MediaCompetence in Emerging Prosumers’ (RTI2018-093303-B-I00), financed by the State Research Agencyof the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities and the European RegionalDevelopment Fund.
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 30 may 2026