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Mental Activation of Seniors Incorporating ICT in Their Daily Lives

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This paper aims to know the impact of the use of computers in everyday life for older adults. The results of the investigation confirm that seniors were not prepared to deal with information and communication technologies, moreover, that many of them are not active in the technological society, creating feelings of loneliness, fear and ignorance. The aim of the study was to determine the changes in mood and mindset to incorporate older adults today’s technological society through a process of learning of ICT. The training workshop for older adults achieved an increase of motivation toward learning and use of ICT and reducing loneliness and isolation, promoting communication through the use of new technologies.

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  1. Facultad de Contaduría y Administración, UABC, Calzada Universidad 14418, Parque Industrial Internacional Tijuana, 22390, Tijuana, BC, Mexico

    Maricela Sevilla Caro, María del Consuelo Salgado Soto, Margarita Ramírez Ramírez, Esperanza Manrique Rojas & Hilda Beatriz Ramírez Moreno

  2. RIS-Itaca, Universitat Politècnia de València, Camino de Vera, s/n, 46022, València, Spain

    Lenin G Lemus Zúñiga

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  1. Ritsumeikan University, College of Info Sci & Engg, Kusatsu, Japan

    Yen-Wei Chen

  2. Mikeletegi Pasealekua 57, Vicomtech-IK4, Donostia San Sebastian, Spain

    Carlos Torro

  3. College of Information Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu-shi, Shiga, Japan

    Satoshi Tanaka

  4. KES International, Shoreham-by-Sea, United Kingdom

    Robert J. Howlett

  5. Faculty of Education, Science, Technology and Mathematics, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia

    Lakhmi C. Jain

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Caro, M.S., del Consuelo Salgado Soto, M., Ramírez, M.R., Rojas, E.M., Moreno, H.B.R., Zúñiga, L.G.L. (2016). Mental Activation of Seniors Incorporating ICT in Their Daily Lives. In: Chen, YW., Torro, C., Tanaka, S., Howlett, R., C. Jain, L. (eds) Innovation in Medicine and Healthcare 2015. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 45. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23024-5_8

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