Mobile applications for the elderly: A study of their current strategy

Abstract

Spain is one of the western societies with a greater aged collective. In turn, it is a country in which there is a high development of technologies. This is the double face of a resulting situation that has caused a large digital divide between older people and the use of information technologies. This paper analyzes the main habits of use and consumption of mobile applications that are aimed at older people but, above all, the level of knowledge and preparation they have on them. The purpose is to check if the media competence in technological matters of our elders is adequate with respect to the current concrete offer. For this purpose, a methodology based on self-prepared surveys has been used and made to the Spanish population in which both the knowledge of the main applications for older people, the habits of use and consumption, as well as the interest or not in part of the majors in the formation in new technologies to realize a greater use of this type of applications destined to them.