Social media allows older adults to stay connected through prevailing frailty, geographical displacement, and morbidity. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of use or non-use of social media on social-connectivity/loneliness and depression, and the effect of demographic variables ...
The Family Channel is a traditional television channel that displays a feed aggregated from social media. Designed with older adults in mind, this platform allows us to investigate several key issues relating to aging, HCI and real-time information systems. Population aging is a defining characterist...
Still, social media may preserve cognitive function and psychological well-being in this population, the researchers said. "This is critical because the onset of pain can often lead to a downward spiral of social isolation and depression, resulting in adverse outcomes for the health of older adul...
mHealth media, such as applications on smart devices and wearable activity monitors, have shown promise as scalable methods for delivering walking interventions [26, 27]. These media are acceptable among older adults [28, 29], and pilot studies in this age group have demonstrated short-term ...
Social media are being fast adopted by older adults for extending their social relationships. However along with the adoption, there have been concerns about risky issues regarding privacy leakages and information sharing hazards. Such risks are partially due to the fact that seniors (knowingly or un...
Reading the news on Twitter: source and item memory for social media in younger and older adults A majority of American adults who use the Internet have social media accounts (e.g., Facebook, Twitter (Greenwood, Perrin, & Duggan,2016)). Although younger adults are more likely to use socia...
To address the care needs of older adults, it is important to identify and understand the forms of care support older adults received. This systematic review aims to examine the social networks of older adults receiving informal or formal care and the fa
Social media are being fast adopted by older adults for extending their social relationships. However along with the adoption, there have been concerns about risky issues regarding privacy leakages and information sharing hazards. Such risks are partially due to the fact that seniors (knowingly or un...
We recruited 80 young participants (aged 18–36) and 81 older participants (aged 60–80) to take part in this study. Participants were recruited from university databases, social media, and the community for both age groups to make sure participants were matched as closely as possible. Our ex...
According to a November 2023 survey of adults living in the United States, 56 percent of those aged 18 to 29 years stated that they felt social media was good for society. Overall, 43 percent of respondents aged 30 to 44 years felt the same. Furthermore, almost 40 percent of respondents...