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A Double Burden of Exclusion?Digital and Social Exclusion of Older Adults in Times of COVID-19.

  • Seifert A Center of Gerontology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
  • Cotten SR Department of Media and Information, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA.
  • Xie B School of Nursing, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA.
  • 2020-07-17
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  • The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences. - 2020
COVID-19
aging
digital inequality
exclusion
internet
English 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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