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It also affects people whose skills have not kept pace with technological advances, and it affects people with disabilities, age-related impairments, or other difficulties that may interfere with their ability to use technology. In communities around the world, opportunities are being lost and high-wage jobs are going unfilled because people lack either access to ICT or the skills to use it.

By 2020, around a quarter of the EU population will be over 65 and the number of people over 80 will more than double, leading to more spending (4-8% of GDP) on pensions, health and long-term care. Disability affects large parts of society and elderly groups. Around a fifth of people over 50 experience severe vision, hearing and dexterity problems. ICT offers many opportunities to lift this burden and enrich the lives of the elderly and ¡nfirmed.

ICT for ageing well can become a driver for jobs and growth and a successful lead market for Europ

the increase has been most striking in relation to adults aged 55-64 and 65-74; the percentage reporting that they are confident has increased by 15 and 13 percentage points respectively

it is notable that the majority of adults in all age groups use e-mail.

Some members of the ageing population struggle to use ICT because of accessibility issues, this might be because they have failing memory or physical health. Others may just not be interested in using for example, the Internet. This might be because they see no added value in using the Internet, consider it unnecessary or feel that alternative channels are adequate.

ICT can help the elderly to improve their quality of life, stay healthier, live independently for longer and remain active at work or in their community. A wide range of services could be offered to address daily needs such as: • Social communication: easy and continuous access to phone and video conversations, overcoming social isolation;• Daily shopping: easy ordering of goods online for home delivery;• Safety: security systems to lock/unlock entrance doors and windows or to check for water and/or gas leaks, etc or installation of user friendly interfaces for domestic and other appliances;• Health: telemedicine from home, wearable systems for monitoring and diagnosis of individuals with a chronic disease (such as heart disease and diabetes). In many EU countries where over half of people aged 65+ live alone, such technologies can significantly extend the time that elderly people live independently in their own house, while at the same time avoid costs for hospitalisation and provide a basis for additional applications in the future (robotics, embedded systems, biosensors, etc...).

There is an assumption that Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) will enhance quality of life. Additionally �electronic accessibility� is one of the goals for the European Information Society to support and enable self-determination and mobility. Dimensions of empowerment such as participation and ability to influence/control one�s life situation imply an approach to health care with the patient/client in focus.

e-Learning Services supports the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) by Faculty of Education faculty, staff, researchers and students.e-Learning Services' main functions are:to maintain Information and Communication Technology (ICT) facilities and resources to support classroom use of ICT to maintain faculty websites, servers, hardware and software to consult and provide resource services for the Faculty related to the use of ICT to provide software training and support for faculty and staff.

New Deal 50+ : No News Is Good News? A year has gone by since the Department of Work & Pensions (DWP) published any new data on the New Deal 50 Plus welfare-to-work programme. Up till April 2003 nearly 100,000 unemployed people over 50, who had volunteered to participate, had been helped into work by the programme.

It will build on the New Deal for work and policies in place or planned under the Skills Strategy e.g. free training in basic literacy, numeracy and ICT skills;

there is a danger that they will be excluded from the growing Information Society

six local experiments are trying out the possibilities of utilising ICT to fulfil the needs of old people

Az Európai Bizottság ezért egy programot indított annak érdekében, hogy a idősödő korosztály jobban be tudjon illeszkedni az információs társadalomba, amivel a cél társadalmi és gazdasági aktivitásuk emelése,

A Bizottság akciótervének célja, hogy az időseknek tervezett információs és kommunikációs technológiák (ICT) segítségével hosszabb ideig maradjon a 65 feletti korosztály gazdaságilag produktív,

Assistive Technologies (ATs) and Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) may improve quality of life, extend length of community residence, improve physical and mental health status, delay the onset of serious health problems and reduce family and care-giver burden.

While the ageing of the population around the world raises serious concerns about social security, pensions, long-term care, health care and family systems, digital-age tools have been proposed as possible resources to improve outcomes. Considerable literature has appeared suggesting that Assistive Technologies (ATs) and Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) may improve quality of life, extend length of community residence, improve physical and mental health status, delay the onset of serious health problems and reduce family and care-giver burden.

E-learning at UCL - a summary Definition of E-learning A working definition adapted from the JISC is: ‘Learning facilitated and supported through the use of information and communications technology (ICT)’. E-learning includes: delivery of courses; on-line assessment; student to student and student to teacher communications; use of Internet resources; and other learning activities involving ICT and the Internet. It can thus be thought of as a continuum, encompassing a broad range of activities across a spectrum from using e-learning for “smarter” learner support, through blended learning (the majority of activity) to learning that is delivered entirely online.

In both these ways, it has the potential to promote longer working lives

political participation - electronic meetings and voting

FORESIGHT SECTOR AGEING POPULATION /ICT OPPORTUNITY

In this working document of the High Level Group on the Employment and Social Dimension of the Information Society (ESDIS) the health impact of the introduction of ICT in the workplace and its potential for an ageing society is analysed.