Technology use and frequency and self-rated skills: A survey of community-dwelling older adults

Many older adults are using technology regularly, but the vast majority still rate their technology skills as poor or average, reflecting their low usage of less-familiar items such as tablet computers. Despite moves toward increasing the use of ICT in the care, rehabilitation, and monitoring of older adults, baseline use of such devices is low. Further study is required to investigate how people's attitudes toward and experience with ICT influence its utility in clinical practice.