1 ICT acceptance – the perspective of older persons Nena Georgantzi Legal Officer Carenet Conference - 26 th February 2014 Brussels, Belgium
AGE Platform Europe
Guiding Principles • Towards a society of all ages: Promote inter- and intra- generational solidarity • Older people as a resource: take into account the cultural and professional resource represented by older people • Older people as self-advocates: older people should be able to speak on their own behalf
For a society for all ages Age-Friendly Environments (AFE): • play a crucial role in enabling older people to remain healthy and actively involved in their communities • help lower the disability threshold and influence positively the number of years one can expect to spend in good health (HLYs) • are based on concept of Design-for-All that help respond to the needs of all age groups in fair and sustainable ways
The framew ork • CoE Recommendation on the promotion of human rights of older persons (2014) 10. Older persons should have the possibility to interact with others and to fully participate in social, cultural and education and training activities, as well as in public life. • European Charter of the rights and responsibilities of older people in need of long-term care and assistance (2010) 6-4 You have the right to equal access to new technologies and to learning and support in how to use them • Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (2012) 40(b). Encourage and promote literacy, numeracy and technological skills training for older persons…
Ethical principles • Affordability • Accessibility • Privacy • Non-maleficence
What matters to older people? Some results from the Qualitative Study of the Home Sweet Home project •18 people interviewed •3 pilot sites (ES, IE, BE) •3 use case analysis
Who are older people? “Older people are a totally heterogeneous group and that is a vital point to learn. You have those w ho continue to decide on their daily living and those w ho at the same age have given up. You have those w ho w ill grasp the tele-control and flick through the channels and those w ho leave it in the draw er preferring to push the button”. Angela Cluzel, AGE Expert on the occasion of the AALIANCE Final Conference, Malaga, March 2010
Is there an ideal older ICT user?
“I grow old learning something new every day” Solon (c.639BC – c.559BC)
Do I need it?
Can I afford it?
Can I use it?
Can I trust it?
How w ill it change my life? “It’s like those little gifts that you receive from somebody and that you can’t put away but that you find terribly ugly”. Participant from Antwerp
The importance of eSkills Without good links to w here people live, w ithout bus, train, taxi and other community transport it could mean w e have provided housing suitable for older people to remain w ithin, but w e have simply put them in a w ell-equipped prison. Peter Rayner Housing Adaptations Scotland Conference – 2013
AGE Platform Europe Rue Froissart 111 1040 Bruxelles – Belgique Contact person: Nena Georgantzi E-mail: nena.georgantzi@age-platform.eu tel. : +32.2.280.14.70 fax : +32.2.280.15.22 www.age-platform.eu
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