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    Exploring online health information seeking and sharing among older adults: a mini-review about acceptance, potentials, and barriers
    (Frontiers Research Foundation, 2024) Bachofner, Yves; Seifert, Alexander; Sepahniya, Samin; Fabian, Carlo [in: Frontiers in Digital Health]
    Online health information seeking (OHIS) is understood by health care, health promotion, and disease prevention experts as a resource for healthy aging. It is particularly relevant for older adults since this population can benefit significantly from the accessibility and convenience of online health platforms and health information. Nevertheless, empirical findings regarding the acceptance, potentials, and barriers of OHIS among older adults are limited. This mini-review aims to explore the level of acceptance of OHIS, including passive reading of information and active interactions with peers, among the older population. Furthermore, it examines the potentials and barriers associated with such practices. The findings ultimately emphasize the evolving landscape of internet health information exploration among older adults and the potential advantages and challenges that may arise, especially in the context of active interactions with peers.
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    Subjektives Gefühl digitaler Ausgegrenztheit
    (Springer, 13.03.2023) Seifert, Alexander [in: Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie]
    Hintergrund: Nicht nur jüngere, sondern zunehmend auch ältere Menschen leben heute in einer Welt, in der digitale Technologien ihren Alltag maßgeblich begleiten. Dennoch nutzen gerade ältere Personen seltener die neuesten Technologien. Fühlen sich ältere Menschen dadurch im Vergleich zu jüngeren Personen besonders ausgeschlossen? Um diese Fragen zu beantworten, wurde anhand einer Bevölkerungsbefragung bei Personen ab 18 Jahren das Empfinden digitaler Exklusion gemessen. Material und Methoden: Das Datenmaterial stammt aus einer Schweizer Befragung (n = 1604) von Personen im Alter von 18 bis 98 Jahren. Die Datenerhebung erfolgte als standardisierte Onlinebefragung und wurde mit einer optionalen telefonischen Befragung kombiniert. Ergebnisse: Ein Teil der Personen unter und über 65 Jahren fühlt sich jeweils sozial ausgrenzt, da er nicht immer die aktuellen Alltagstechnologien beherrscht. Innerhalb der Gruppe der 18- bis 64-Jährigen haben 3,6 % ein sehr starkes Exklusionsempfinden, und bei der älteren Gruppe (65 bis 98 Jahre) beträgt dieser Wert 5,5 %, womit ältere Personen eher zur Gruppe der Personen mit sehr starken Gefühlen digitaler Exklusion gehören. Gleichzeitig zeigt die multivariate Zusammenhangsanalyse, dass der Einfluss des Alters durch andere Variablen (Einkommen, Technikeinstellung) nivelliert wird. Schlussfolgerung: Auch wenn die digitale Transformation voranschreitet, gibt es bei der Techniknutzung weiterhin Ungleichheiten, die sich in Exklusionsgefühlen äußern können. Neben der Frage, welche älteren Personen Technik nutzen oder nicht, sollte in Zukunft die Frage des subjektiven Empfindens der Ausgrenzung stärker berücksichtigt werden.
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    Digital Distance in Times of Physical Distancing: ICT Infrastructure and Use in Long-Term Care Facilities
    (SAGE, 21.02.2023) Seifert, Alexander; Cotten, Shelia [in: American Behavioral Scientist]
    Although information and communication technologies (ICTs) such as smartphones, tablets, and the internet have all become increasingly important during the COVID-19 pandemic, we often forget that not everyone has access to the internet or uses ICT devices. Individuals on the wrong side of the digital divide are often older adults living in long-term care facilities (LTCFs), such as “old–old” adults, who often have various functional impairments. To shed light on the initial situation shortly before the pandemic, three data sources from Switzerland were used in this study to answer the following questions: (1) Do older adults want to have internet access if and/or when they move into a LTCF? (2) What form does ICT use take (specifically internet, smartphone, and tablet use) among LTCF residents, and what need do they have for ICT support? (3) What is the state of LTCFs’ ICT infrastructure and residents’ level of involvement in the decision-making process related to acquiring new technologies? Community-dwelling older adults in this study reported a desire to have internet access when moving into LTCFs, and 21% of LTCF residents reported using the internet just before the pandemic began. Internet access and ICT infrastructure in LTCFs, in general, are both limited, however, and LTCF managers seldom involve older adults in the ICT decision-making process. While modern ICT usage has reached the long-term care sector, the results of this study show that compensating for a lack of physical social contacts by relying on digital solutions during the COVID-19 pandemic cannot be the sole solution.
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    Zugang älterer Menschen zu Sehberatungsstellen: Erste PROVIAGE-Ergebnisse zeigen Hürden
    (u.novotny faCHverlag, 2023) Seifert, Alexander; Pfeuffer, Andreas [in: Ophta]
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    Daily TV Use and Meaning in Life Among Older Adults. The Moderating Role of Selective and Compensatory TV Use
    (Routledge, 07.12.2022) Hofer, Matthias; Birrer, Alena; Eden, Allison; Seifert, Alexander [in: Mass Communication and Society]
    Older adults (60+) spend a considerable amount of time watching TV. This can have important implications in terms of their daily sense of meaning in their life. Applying the selection, optimization, and compensation (SOC) model, we argue that the impact of the daily amount of time spent watching TV on daily perceptions of meaning in life is moderated by whether TV is generally used in a compensatory or selective manner. We present data from an intensive longitudinal study with N = 101 healthy older (60+) adults. Data were collected over five consecutive days. Compensatory and selective TV use were treated as a general strategy and thus as a trait-like variable measured in a baseline survey. Results show that the effect of the amount of daily television use on daily perceptions of meaning in life depends on the extent to which TV is generally used in a compensatory fashion as indicated by a cross-level interaction between compensatory TV use (between-person level 2) and daily self-reported TV use (within-person level 1) on daily perceptions of meaning in life. We discuss these findings in terms of both theoretical and methodological considerations.
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    Digitally Savvy at the Home Office. Computer Skills of Older Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic Across Europe
    (Frontiers, 26.04.2022) König, Ronny; Seifert, Alexander [in: Frontiers in Sociology]
    Digital skills can be a valuable resource in work life, especially in such times as the current COVID-19 pandemic, during which working from home has become new reality. Although increasing numbers of older employees (aged 50 years and above) are using digital technologies to work remotely, many of these older adults still have generally lower digital skills. Whether the pandemic will be a push factor for the acquisition of computer skills in late working life remains unclear. This study investigated the explanatory factors of the computer skills gained by older workers who were working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic, using representative data for 28 countries from the Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). The analysis of the survey responses of 11,042 employed persons aged 50 years and older revealed that, 13% worked only at home due to the pandemic, while 15% said they worked at home and in their usual workplace. The descriptives indicate that full-time homeworking is more of an option among those with tertiary education and who already have some computer skills. Of the older employees who worked only at home, 36% reported an improvement in their computer skills, whereas of the older workers who worked at home and at their usual workplaces, only 29% reported such an improvement. Our results based on logistic regressions suggest that significantly more women, younger employees, respondents with tertiary educational qualifications, and those whose work was not affected by unemployment or even business closure acquired new computer skills, regardless of whether they were working permanently or only partly from home. The study underlines the importance of investigating the possible digital skills gained from the home office situation resulting from the pandemic.
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    Digital transformation of everyday lives of older Swiss adults. Use of and attitudes toward current and future digital services
    (Springer, 11.01.2022) Seifert, Alexander; Charness, Neil [in: European Journal of Ageing]
    Digital (consumer) services, such as ticket machines, self-checkout, and online reservations, have become increasingly important in modern society. Studies on adoption of these services and openness to using future public digital services (e.g., online voting, online taxes, electronic patient records) have mostly focused on younger adults or nonrepresentative samples among older adults. Therefore, two important questions remain that can best be addressed with representative sampling: To what extent do older adults use or are willing to use current and future digital services in their everyday lives? How do older adults evaluate the ease of use of these services?. The study included data on use of current and future digital services among a large Swiss sample of 1149 people age 65 years and older (mean age: 74.1 years, SD: 6.69). Descriptive and multivariate analyses showed that (a) established services such as cash machines were used more often than new services, such as self-checkout apps or machines. (b) Perceived ease of use is related to age, socioeconomic status, health, and interest in technology. (c) Only 8.9% had an overall positive attitude toward these digital services, and this attitude was predicted by age, gender, socioeconomic status, and interest in technology. (d) Participants were more often open to filing taxes online than voting online, and openness was predicted by age, income, and interest in technology. Today, mainly older adults with a high interest in technology use digital services. Nevertheless, potential for greater use is evident.
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    Wahrgenommene Einschränkungen während der COVID-19-Pandemie bei älteren Personen in der Schweiz
    (Springer, 10.01.2022) Seifert, Alexander; Hassler, Benedikt; Pfeuffer, Andreas [in: HeilberufeScience]
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    Retrospective feelings of loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic among residents of long-term care facilities
    (Elsevier, 2022) Huber, A.; Seifert, Alexander [in: Aging and Health Research]
    The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has had an incisive effect on residents living in long-term care facilities (LTCFs). Local governments have introduced restrictive measures because of the danger posed by this virus. One increasing negative effect of these implementations among residents living in LTCFs is their subjective feelings of loneliness. This study assumed that these measures weighed heavily particularly on residents living in LTCFs, as this group of older people could not decide for themselves whether or how they should be implemented. Thus, this study investigated the retrospectively reported subjective loneliness of residents living in LTCFs. On a large-scale Swiss survey (N = 828; mean age: 87.78, 75% female), residents of 22 LTCFs filled out a questionnaire on their subjective feelings of loneliness during the pandemic. The retrospective loneliness scores of the residents living in LTCFs were found to exceed those reported in other studies focusing on community-dwelling older people. Multivariate regression analyses showed that females, individuals with lower values of joy in life and life satisfaction, and individuals who were not satisfied with the manner in which their care home coped with the COVID-19 measures significantly felt lonelier. Therefore, the subjective feelings of loneliness of residents in LTCFs should be monitored very carefully. As the measures have still not been completely lifted, residents of LTCFs are assumed to still experience social isolation and be at high risk of encountering prolonged feelings of loneliness, which can be detrimental to their mental health and well-being.
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    Social media use and well-being among older adults
    (Elsevier, 2022) Cotten, Shelia; Schuster, Amy M.; Seifert, Alexander [in: Current Opinion in Psychology]
    While older adults (aged 65 years and older) are increasingly using social media, their usage rates still lag those of younger age groups. Social media use has been observed to have some positive effects on older adults’ well-being; however, divergent findings exist depending upon the sample, measures, and methodological approach. This review highlights what is currently known about social media use and well-being among older adults, identifies strengths and weaknesses of current research on this topic, and argues that methodological and content-related research gaps must be closed before researchers can confirm a positive overall effect of social media use in everyday situations for older adults.
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