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he Internet, is also growing at astonishing rates.

First, the bulk of the lifespan of the current elderly population has been spent when personal computing technology did not exist. While my grandfather builds web pages as a hobby and emails regularly with friends and family, my grandmother is afraid to use a microwave, never mind a computer.

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Fortunately, the next generation of elders will be more familiar with computing technology, and the "technophobia" of the current generation appears to be dissipating