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A Double Burden of Exclusion? Digital and Social Exclusion of Older Adults in Times of COVID-19
[Attitudes towards and limitations to ICT use in assisted and independent living communities: Findings from a specially-designed technological intervention]

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  • Alexander Seifert
  • Shelia R Cotten
  • Bo Xie
  • Deborah Carr

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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.

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  • Alexander Seifert & Shelia R Cotten & Bo Xie & Deborah Carr, 2021. "A Double Burden of Exclusion? Digital and Social Exclusion of Older Adults in Times of COVID-19 [Attitudes towards and limitations to ICT use in assisted and independent living communities: Findings from a specially-designed technological interven," The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, The Gerontological Society of America, vol. 76(3), pages 99-103.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:geronb:v:76:y:2021:i:3:p:e99-e103.
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