Digital illiteracy and its relationship to social isolation among the elderly

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PhD researcher at the Department of Social Work at the University of Hail, Saudi Arabia

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The study aimed to identify digital illiteracy and its relationship to social isolation in the elderly, and this study is one of the descriptive studies, which relied on the method of social survey in the style of the intentional sample on (130) of the elderly (men and women) aged 60 years and over than those who frequent the King Salman Social Center in Riyadh, and the questionnaire was used as a tool to collect data. The results of the study found a decrease in the level of digital illiteracy and social isolation in the elderly, in addition to the fact that there is a direct correlation between social isolation and the level of digital illiteracy, that is, with a decrease in the level of digital illiteracy of knowledge and skills of the elderly, the level of social isolation decreases. The study also recommended the need to change the petception about the use of modern technology by the elderly from being an entertainment method only to a means to enhance the quality life of the elderly.

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