Computers - quite common in seniors' homes

Internet access and usage - European seniors entering the web

Strong market growth - about 10 - 13 m new customers within 2 years (by the end of 2003)

Computer demand and market growth among people with functional restrictions

Internet demand and market growth among people with functional restrictions

Mobile phone demand and market growth among people with functional restrictions

Attitudes towards ICT - Many fear to be excluded from the Information Society

Attitudes towards ICT depend on ICT experience

Attitudes towards ICT depend on ICT experience, although this is not always the case

ICT involvement - Older population covers broad spectrum

Gender Gap - Example Internet

Usage hinges on educational and occupational opportunities

Income a major factor of internet usage

Internet involvement also a matter of activity oriented lifestyles

Impairment restricts internet activities

Only a minor urban-rural gradient re internet usage

Strong EU north-south gradient in Internet usage and access (bar chart)

Strong EU north-south gradient in Internet usage and access (map)

Strong EU north-south gradient regarding diversity of ICT devices/applications used

ICT involvement as a matter of age combined with education

ICT involvement is not simply a matter of age: Determinants by statistical comparison

The prevalence of functional restrictions requires ubiquitous “design-for-all” solutions

Internet utilisation among organisation providing home care to older people in the EU

Utilisation of ICT devices among mobile care staff

Short term demand for IST applications in the EU home care sector - the decision makers’ estimates

Future trends in the European care sector - the decision makers’ views

Barriers and facilitators of uptake in the care sector - the decision makers’ view

No structural difference between family carers (50+) and the reminder of the EU +50 population regarding PC usage

No structural difference between family carers (50+) and the reminder of the EU +50 population regarding Internet usage

Family carers (50+) slightly more likely to use mobile phones