Elderly People Comunication and ICT Needs analyses in the Italian Reality and some proposals Scarabeus - no profit cultural association - Livorno http://www.scarabeus.it Scarabeus http://www.scarabeus.it

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Demographics of Social Network Users

Italy: + elderly people - ICT The elderly people are increasing in Italy like in other parts of the world. But in Italy the percentage, concerning the old, increases more than in the other countries The ICT in Italy are very late and the percentage of people connected to the Net is inferior to the other countries

The elderly people are increasing in Italy like in other parts of the world.

But in Italy the percentage, concerning the old, increases more than in the other countries

The ICT in Italy are very late and the percentage of people connected to the Net is inferior to the other countries

Elderly People Problems Difficulties in movements Difficulties in the relationships Difficulties in communication Needs warmer and richer relationships moving by car or by public transports need to communicate with ICTi

Difficulties in movements

Difficulties in the relationships

Difficulties in communication

Needs

warmer and richer relationships

moving by car or by public transports

need to communicate with ICTi

Europe How to get old in a good way to improve the quality of life of elderly people to save the costs of health care to create a solid industrial foundation in Europe to develop the TIC in order to get old in a good way

to improve the quality of life of elderly people

to save the costs of health care

to create a solid industrial foundation in Europe to develop the TIC in order to get old in a good way

Some practical proposals: exchanges of good practices among the European countries in order to overcome the tecnichal barriers; to encourage the access to the good practices through the control of a website; to accelerate the adoption of new tecnologies to encourage the intelligent applications and those that favour the autonomy of people To strenghten the research and the innovation in favour of elderly people public and private research programme in the field of domotic for the weaker categories, development of products, services and innovative systems based on TIC

exchanges of good practices among the European countries in order to overcome the tecnichal barriers;

to encourage the access to the good practices through the control of a website;

to accelerate the adoption of new tecnologies

to encourage the intelligent applications and those that favour the autonomy of people

To strenghten the research and the innovation in favour of elderly people

public and private research programme in the field of domotic for the weaker categories,

development of products, services and innovative systems based on TIC

Italy, some perspectives ICT for: to be active and productives longer, to partecipate to social life through more accessible services on line to enjoy a longer, healthier and better quality life through communications at more competitive prices and on line services (only 10% of elderly people works in internet) . to facilitate people with sight, hearing or mobility problems(21% of people over 50)

ICT for:

to be active and productives longer,

to partecipate to social life through more accessible services on line

to enjoy a longer, healthier and better quality life

through

communications at more competitive prices and on line services (only 10% of elderly people works in internet) .

to facilitate people with sight, hearing or mobility problems(21% of people over 50)

Programme activities to overcome the tecnichal approach in using the computer to use the web as a communication tool To encourage the use of applications which may encourage the integration to select specific ways to come out from the isolation such as: e-mails, chatting blog exchanges of free texts

to overcome the tecnichal approach in using the computer

to use the web as a communication tool To encourage the use of applications which may encourage the integration

to select specific ways to come out from the isolation such as:

e-mails,

chatting

blog

exchanges of free texts

Contens Personal Interests Reading books Communication on personal experiences Written autobiographical reports Daily life and problems sports and ludic experiences

Personal Interests

Reading books

Communication on personal experiences

Written autobiographical reports

Daily life and problems

sports and ludic experiences

Tools E-mail Forum Skype Blog Podcast Letters Stories Poems

E-mail

Forum

Skype

Blog

Podcast

Letters

Stories

Poems

Expertise The e-mail: sending- receiving - answering - attached file Audio file: characteristics and usage Programmes for the creation of audio files Sounds Recorder Audacity video file: How to use them Social nets: Facebook and You Tube Second life and virtual reality

The e-mail: sending- receiving - answering - attached file

Audio file: characteristics and usage

Programmes for the creation of audio files

Sounds Recorder

Audacity

video file: How to use them

Social nets: Facebook and You Tube

Second life and virtual reality

Expertise the mobile phone calling sms recording audio file recording photos and videos receiving and mailing

the mobile phone

calling

sms

recording audio file

recording photos and videos

receiving and mailing

Times A training course of four months Choosing a target group Intensive laboratory on audio formats peripherals mp3 exchanging files formats conversion

A training course of four months

Choosing a target group

Intensive laboratory on

audio

formats

peripherals

mp3

exchanging files

formats conversion

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