Rising ageing population: a preliminary study of Malaysian older people expectations in Information and Communication Technology

The older people population in the world is showing a steady increase and Malaysia is projected to having an ageing population in 2025 as the percentage will reach over 7.1% (an indicator of an ageing population) of the total population. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) offers opportu...

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Main Authors:	Abdullah, Lili Marziana, Azuddin, Muna, Abd Malik, Sofianiza, Mahmud, Murni
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English
Published:	Springer 2018
Subjects:	T Technology (General)
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spelling	iium-577852019-02-20T08:04:02Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/57785/ Rising ageing population: a preliminary study of Malaysian older people expectations in Information and Communication Technology Abdullah, Lili Marziana Azuddin, Muna Abd Malik, Sofianiza Mahmud, Murni T Technology (General) The older people population in the world is showing a steady increase and Malaysia is projected to having an ageing population in 2025 as the percentage will reach over 7.1% (an indicator of an ageing population) of the total population. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) offers opportunities to create conducive environment for older people, but there may be a significant number of older people particularly in Malaysia who are not informed, astute, and learned consumers with respect to ICT and so could be denied many of the technology potential benefits. Drawing upon data from group sessions held with 51 participants of various age groups, this paper reports on a preliminary study to explore the current state of Malaysian older people interaction with and expectations in ICT including mobile communications in aspects of their everyday life. Comparison in terms of mobile device usage among participants was also presented. The study has highlighted (1) ways in which ICT has supported and can support older people and (2) mobile usage patterns of younger and older users. Springer 2018 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/57785/7/57785-Rising%20ageing%20population-edited.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/57785/13/57785_Rising%20ageing%20population_WOS.pdf Abdullah, Lili Marziana and Azuddin, Muna and Abd Malik, Sofianiza and Mahmud, Murni (2018) Rising ageing population: a preliminary study of Malaysian older people expectations in Information and Communication Technology. In: 2nd International Conference of Reliable Information and Communication Technology 2017 (IRICT 2017), 23rd-24th April 2017, Johor Bahru, Johor. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-59427-9_82 10.1007/978-3-319-59427-9_82
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description	The older people population in the world is showing a steady increase and Malaysia is projected to having an ageing population in 2025 as the percentage will reach over 7.1% (an indicator of an ageing population) of the total population. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) offers opportunities to create conducive environment for older people, but there may be a significant number of older people particularly in Malaysia who are not informed, astute, and learned consumers with respect to ICT and so could be denied many of the technology potential benefits. Drawing upon data from group sessions held with 51 participants of various age groups, this paper reports on a preliminary study to explore the current state of Malaysian older people interaction with and expectations in ICT including mobile communications in aspects of their everyday life. Comparison in terms of mobile device usage among participants was also presented. The study has highlighted (1) ways in which ICT has supported and can support older people and (2) mobile usage patterns of younger and older users.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Abdullah, Lili Marziana Azuddin, Muna Abd Malik, Sofianiza Mahmud, Murni
author_facet	Abdullah, Lili Marziana Azuddin, Muna Abd Malik, Sofianiza Mahmud, Murni
author_sort	Abdullah, Lili Marziana
title	Rising ageing population: a preliminary study of Malaysian older people expectations in Information and Communication Technology
title_short	Rising ageing population: a preliminary study of Malaysian older people expectations in Information and Communication Technology
title_full	Rising ageing population: a preliminary study of Malaysian older people expectations in Information and Communication Technology
title_fullStr	Rising ageing population: a preliminary study of Malaysian older people expectations in Information and Communication Technology
title_full_unstemmed	Rising ageing population: a preliminary study of Malaysian older people expectations in Information and Communication Technology
title_sort	rising ageing population: a preliminary study of malaysian older people expectations in information and communication technology
publisher	Springer
publishDate	2018
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