Adoption of modern technologies in seniors' households : post-pandemic behavioral shifts

Abstract

PURPOSE: The aim of this article is to determine to what extent the changes that have taken place in the functioning of societies as a result of the pandemic through the introduction of lock-down and the transfer of many activities to the virtual world are, at present, evident in the functioning of households of seniors.

DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH: The article is theoretical and empirical in nature. The theoretical part was developed on the basis of the literature on the subject. The empirical part uses the results of a survey conducted in January 2023 on a group of 320 people representing households of seniors in the West Pomeranian Voivodship.

FINDINGS: The results of the study made it possible, to define the characteristic attitudes of older people towards the use of modern technologies, as well as to draw new conclusions or supplement data on the behaviour of seniors in an age of constant technological progress.

PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS: The behaviour of seniors in their households as a result of the pandemic changes taking place around them and the use of modern technologies has also been transformed. At present, it is difficult to predict in which direction they will evolve.

ORIGINALITY/VALUE: The study can therefore supplement the existing knowledge on the presented topic, while at the same time it allows us to identify further research directions.