Digital Technology and the Aging Population: How to use your computer and mobile phone to increase your independence - Softcover

Ramsay, Don

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798666914823

Publisher: Independently published, 2020

Synopsis

Digital technology is a means of increasing your independence. Many research papers have extolled the virtues of digital technology and how it can help people to regain their independence. There is nothing mysterious about digital technology. At this level it is about using your computer and your smartphone to increase your independence.It might be that you do not feel like going shopping. This book will show you how to shop online. You might be worried about going to the bank and having to Que up and wait for your turn. This book will show you how to bank online and avoid ques. But shopping and banking are just the tip of the iceberg. With digital technology there is so much more you can do.When Covid 19 arrived many of the countries across the world were shut down. People had to learn to use digital technology to survive. The arrival of Covid 19 exposed many gaps in peoples ability, knowledge and experience. People had to work from home but not everyone could. Some people could not set up the equipment and other people found themselves unable to connect to the work computer.You can avoid this by mastering digital technology now - before you are dependent on it. During Covid 19 people could only communicate with each other if they could use things like Skype or Zoom. Personal communication - with the fear of catching Covid 19 - was a no no. Skype and Zoom are digital technologies so learning how to use them, which is easy and explained in this book, will ensure that you can keep in touch with people in the future.There are many other digital technology uses explained in the book and mastering just some of them is going to increase your independence.

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798666914823
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 45