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When Going Digital Becomes a Necessity: Ensuring Older Adults' Needs for Information, Services, and Social Inclusion During COVID-19 [article]

Bo Xie, Karen Fingerman, Miyong Kim, Anjum Khurshi, Austin, The University Of Texas At
2020

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Older adults are in triple jeopardy during COVID-19: compared with younger people, older adults are (1) more likely to develop serious conditions and experience higher mortality; (2) less likely to obtain high quality information or services online; and (3) more likely to experience social isolation and loneliness. Hybrid solutions, coupling online and offline strategies, are invaluable in ensuring the inclusion of vulnerable populations. Most of these solutions require no new inventions.
more » ... g the financial resources for a rapid, wellcoordinated implementation is the biggest challenge. Setting up the requisite support systems and digital infrastructure is important for the present and future pandemics.
doi:10.26153/tsw/9867 fatcat:k4q452nkpfcofn3h22ctes6llu
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Bo Xie, Karen Fingerman, Miyong Kim, Anjum Khurshi, Austin, The University Of Texas At. "When Going Digital Becomes a Necessity: Ensuring Older Adults' Needs for Information, Services, and Social Inclusion During COVID-19." (2020)