A Double Burden of Exclusion? Digital and Social Exclusion of Older Adults in Times of COVID-19
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- Alexander Seifert
- Center of Gerontology, University of Zurich, Switzerland
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- Shelia R Cotten
- Department of Media and Information, Michigan State University, East Lansing
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- Bo Xie
- School of Nursing, University of Texas at Austin
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- Deborah Carr
- editor
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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The COVID-19 pandemic has excluded older adults from a society based on physical social contact. Vulnerable populations like older adults also tend to be excluded from digital services because they opt not to use the internet, lack necessary devices and network connectivity, or inexperience using the technology. Older adults who are frail and are not online, many of whom are in long-term care facilities, struggle with the double burden of social and digital exclusion. This paper discusses the potential outcomes of this exclusion and provides recommendations for rectifying the situation, with a particular focus on older adults in long-term care facilities.</jats:p>
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- The Journals of Gerontology: Series B
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The Journals of Gerontology: Series B 76 (3), e99-e103, 2020-07-16
Oxford University Press (OUP)
