ACCESSIBILITY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE RESTING HOME

• Published in: International journal of computer science & information technology Vol. 4; no. 6; p. 1
• Main Author: Cakir, Oezlem
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 31.12.2012
• Subjects: Accessibility; C (programming language); Communicating; Elderly people; Information systems; Internet; Learning; Old people
• ISSN: 0975-4660; 0975-3826; 0975-3826
• DOI: 10.5121/ijcsit.2012.4601

In Turkey, resting homes are opened increasing number day by day, by years in accordance with the requirement of increasing old age population. Information and communication technology are so important for these old people for communicating to other people, learning, and hobbies, ... etc. In this study, accessibility conditions of elderly people to information and communication technologies in these resting homes. For this reason, answered the questions: For the individuals who live in the resting homes in Turkey: a) Is there a computer lab that they can access?, b) How many computers are there that they can access?, c) Do they have internet access?. When it is checked whether there are computer rooms in resting homes, it is seen that there is a computer room in 28 (13.93 %) homes out of 201 resting homes. When the number of computer per resting home is checked (201/137), it is found out that this number does not refer to even 2 computers. As a result, it can be said that there are very few computers in resting homes, which elderly people can access. 28 resting homes, which have a computer room, have also internet access. However, there is internet access in all resting homes because of official proceedings. Only 110 resting homes allow elderly people living there use the internet (54.73 %).