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