“USE OF ICT AT THE UNIVERSITY PROGRAMMES FOR OLDER ADULTS”. CELEBRATION OF THE “INTERNATIONAL DAY OF OLDER ADULTS”

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Start: 01/10/2014

Madrid, 1st October 2014, from 11,00 h to 12,00 h

Imserso Assembly Hall - Avda. de la Ilustración s/nº-c/v Ginzo de Limia 58

On the 1st October the “International Day of Older Adults” is commemorated. On this occasion, the IMSERSO has invited the State Association of University Programmes for Older Adults (AEPUM) to take part in this celebration with the aim of presenting the study “USE OF ICT AT THE UNIVERSITY PROGRAMMES FOR OLDER PEOPLE”. The study has been carried out under the DORO’s sponsorship, leader company on the field of communication technologies adapted to older persons, and the mentioned investigation has been developed within the AEPUM’s workframe with the participation of 40 universities and 5390 students belonging to the same ones that have been involved in the baseline survey of this study.

The results obtained shed an updated radiograph about the situation of the use of information and communication technologies by older adults between 50 and 95 years old who are currently studying university courses for older persons in Spain. Such study and the extracted findings will promote the training processes with the goal of improving the abilities and knowledge on ICTs among older people, and also, they will encourage in the area of research and technology the development of systems and the products better adapted to the needs, requests and profiles of these older users, who have exponentially grown up.

More Information about the programme

More information about the study: NATIONAL STUDY ON THE USE OF ICTs IN THE UNIVERSITY PROGRAMMES FOR OLDER ADULTS

Link to International Day of Older Adults – IMSERSO

Press release “University Actuality UA”

Link to Gallery of Photos of the Conference

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