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2206/22

Computer training for Seniors

Aneta Bagińska

More than two years has passed since EBI Association from Jastrzębie-Zdrój (Poland) started to involve participants of Senior Care Project (SOS) financed from the European Union, to the digital world.The group of people taking part in this EU project is in age over 60 yea...

1306/22

Conference “ICT4AWE” (4/2023, Prague)

Aneta Bagińska

International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health on 22-24 April 2023 (Prague, Czech Republic) The International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health aims to be a meeting po...

3105/22

Conference “AgeingFit” (3/2023, Lille)

Aneta Bagińska

Conference on adapting existing digital technologies to senior citizens on 6th / 7th March 2023 (Location: Lille, France) How are technologies designed today and to what extent should they be adapted to support ageing well? Are voice assistants, tablets and smartphones us...

0905/22

APRU Population Ageing Virtual Conference (11/2022)

Aneta Bagińska

12th APRU Population Ageing Virtual Conference on 10-11th November 2022 (online event) The conference is co-organized by the Centre for Ageing Research & Education (CARE), Duke-NUS Medical School at National University of Singapore and the School of Public Affairs at ...

1104/22

World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (17/05/2022)

Aneta Bagińska

Technological advancements have radically changed our world. Work, education, leisure, socializing and so many other activities take place in the digital space – wouldn’t we want to continue accessing all of the benefits of such technology as we get older? We should...

0104/22

World Telecommunication and Information Society Day 2022: “Digital technologies for Older Persons and Healthy Ageing”

Aneta Bagińska

The theme of the 2022 World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) that will be celebrated on 17 May is “Digital technologies for Older Persons and Healthy Ageing”. As part of ITU’s efforts towards the United Nations Decade of Healthy Agei...

0103/22

Controversy over telecare equipment

Aneta Bagińska

The telecare expert from OPIEKANOVA explains to us why her company is pushing so hard to use centralized life buttons for its remote care. After all, smartwatches are also in the company’s portfolio. However the company has been reluctant to use them. After 10 years...

0802/22

World Summit on the Information Society Forum 2022: Special track on “ICT and Older Persons”

Aneta Bagińska

The ICTs and Older Persons special track addresses the role of ICTs in combating age-based discrimination in the workplace, achieving healthier ageing, building smarter cities, ensuring the financial inclusion of older persons, and supporting millions of caregivers across...

1201/22

Magazine called 3rd Age in Slovakia is available for more than 30 years

Aneta Bagińska

Magazine called 3rd Age brings several stimulating articles and reportage photos from regional and district organizations, including information about education of the seniors (including digital competencies). The magazine is published by the Unity of Pensioners of Slovak...

0412/21

Senior’s World magazine

Aneta Bagińska

“Senior’s World” magazine is a free lifestyle magazine for men and women over 50. It is a magazine that comprehensively includes the needs, interests and aspirations of seniors. It is aimed at people who are full of life and vigor. The magazine includes topics on he...

0311/21

Project for erasing digital poverty of Slovak seniors

Aneta Bagińska

So-called digital poverty threatens tens of thousands of Slovaks. Seniors are among the population groups that have the most difficult access to online services. “We need to ensure quality healthcare, preventive consultations with doctors and easy access to services...

0110/21

Seminar on Ageing in the Digital Era (11/2021)

Aneta Bagińska

Seminar on Ageing in the Digital Era on 24th November 2021 (Locations Geneva, Switzerland and Online) Digitalisation holds important promises for ageing populations. The 4th UNECE Policy Seminar on Ageing will focus on three policy challenges associated with ageing in the...

2709/21

Digital Festival in Poland

Aneta Bagińska

Digital Festival is the largest initiative in Poland focused on showing how to make the most of the opportunities offered by new technologies. The festival is a chance to gain digital skills and practical digital knowledge. These include a combination of skills, knowledge...

0609/21

Online self-paced training: ICTs for better ageing and livelihood in the digital landscape

Aneta Bagińska

The training course provides valuable information on how to address the digital inclusion of older persons in the context of two global megatrends: an ageing population and the exponential rise in digital technologies. It also provides guidelines, tools and resources that...

0209/21

European Digital Days

Aneta Bagińska

Inspired by the success of Digital Day in Switzerland, several European countries have successfully created their own Digital Day events. To make an even bigger impact on European society, the Swiss Digital Day team put energy and passion into creating connections and joi...

0206/21

Digital exclusion – how often seniors are exposed to it and why it’s such a serious problem (part 4)

Aneta Bagińska

The use of digital technologies by the elderly is important for their consumer potential in purchasing a variety of goods and services. Fighting digital exclusion of seniors is therefore one of the factors in building in Poland so-called silver economy. Technological acce...

2005/21

Digital exclusion – how often are seniors exposed to it and why is it such a serious problem (part 3)

Aneta Bagińska

Digitally diverse seniors In terms of using the Internet, the senior group is internally diverse. It is influenced, for example, by place of residence (urban/rural, large cities/other centres) or age, and to a lesser extent by gender. Seniors living in multi-person househ...

0605/21

Digital exclusion – how often are the elderly exposed to it and why is it such a serious problem (part 2)

Aneta Bagińska

In the report of the Central Statistical Office on the quality of life of older people in Poland, published in February 2021, but containing data for 2018 (i.e. before the pandemic), we read: “The results of the 2018 Social Cohesion Survey show that only 30% of olde...

2204/21

Digital exclusion – how often are the elderly exposed to it and why is it such a serious problem (part 1)

Aneta Bagińska

As Dr. Rafal Bakalarczyk, an expert at the Senior Policy Institute, writes, the problem of digital exclusion of a part of the older generation takes on even greater importance in the era of the coronavirus pandemic. In a situation in which more and more activity is shifti...

1503/21

Educational campaign “Senior – let’s meet online”

Aneta Bagińska

The aim of the educational campaign called “Seniors – let’s meet online”, which is carried out in Poland, is to raise awareness of senior citizens’ safety on the Internet and promote among the younger generation the attitude of supporting the...

0202/21

Digital Education Action Plan

Aneta Bagińska

What is the Digital Education Action Plan? The Digital Education Action Plan (2021-2027) is a renewed European Union (EU) policy initiative that sets out a common vision of high-quality, inclusive and accessible digital education in Europe, and aims to support the adaptat...

2701/21

United Nations Decade of Healthy Ageing (2021-2030)

Aneta Bagińska

In December 2020, the United Nations proclaimed 2021 to 2030 the Decade of Healthy Ageing, which represents a unique opportunity to bring all stakeholders together to improve the lives of older adults, today and in the future. The megatrend of ageing – long lives to...

1210/20

What is remote care?

Aneta Bagińska

Alarming statistics: • 70% of falls at home in people 65+ occur while bathing in the bathroom, when access to the phone is impossible. • More than 40% of people 65+ cannot get up on their own after a fall, so also cannot reach the phone to call for help. • More than 50% o...

2409/20

Teaching older Americans to identify fake news online

Aneta Bagińska

Millions of older Americans are reading their news online, mostly on Facebook, and then forwarding it to their friends and family. A recent study out of Princeton and NYU found that, in the lead-up to the 2016 election, adults over 65 were seven times more likely than tho...