Diverse Urban Elderly 0nline

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Diverse Urban Elderly 0nline

• M. Kay Cresci, PhD, APRN,BC
• Assistant Professor
• Wayne State University

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Overview

• Seniors online
• Urban Elders online
• Isaiah Wellness Center
• 2002 City Needs Assessment of Older Adults
• Ideas

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Seniors Online (Pew Internet American Life,
2004)

• 22 use the Internet
• Characteristics
• White(22), African Americans (11), Hispanic
  (21)
• Equal use by men and women
• Educated
• High income with access to the Internet
• Go online from home with dial up connections
• Enthusiastic

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Seniors Online (Pew Internet American Life,
2004)

• Use
• Email
• Health and medical information
• Product research
• Purchasing
• Travel reservations
• Visit government website
• Religious and spiritual information
• Banking online

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Isaiah Wellness Center at Apostolic Towers

• Academic and community partnership leading to the
  creation of a health promotion center
• Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing
  Community Outreach
• Apostolic Towers 150 residents
• First Apostolic Faith Church
• Senior Housing Initiative
• University of Maryland School of Social Work

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Computer Lab in the Center

• January 2003
• Community Outreach Program
• Senior Cyber Net
• Computer Lab and DSL supported through a program
  with the Johns Hopkins Urban Institute
• Computer classes

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Use of the Computer Lab

• Seek health information
• Word puzzles
• Jigsaw puzzles
• Bible study
• Benefits Check-up online
• E-mail???????

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Issues

• Mouse Skills
• Web site design
• Email

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Facing The Future 2002 City of Detroit Needs
Assessment of Older Adults

• Wayne State University Collaborating Team
• Institute of Gerontology
• Center for Healthcare Effectiveness Research
• Center for Urban Studies

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Profile of the Community

• Areas of Interest
• Health
• Housing
• Transportation
• Quality of Life
• Social Support Issues
• 1410 residents participated
• 1310 phone interview using random digit dialing
  telephone method
• 100 face to face interview

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Participants

• High school graduate (59)
• Retired (70)
• Income
• Female (70)
• Live alone (42)
• African American (83.3)
• Own home (72)

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Computer Use
558
433
386
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Age
74
72
69
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Gender
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Characteristics
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Place of use
73
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11
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Other Locations

• Relatives house
• Friends house
• Office
• Church
• Work
• Volunteer work
• Web TV
• Banking
• Bowling alley

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Use
63
53
55
56
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Ideas

• Access
• Focus groups
• Personal Web page
• Understanding the non-user

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Summary

• Urban elders use or would like to use computers
• As with other groups, there is a group of
  non-user
• Ideas