Welcome to the InfoSci Platform
Reference Hub3
Do Loneliness and Social Connectedness Improve in Older Adults Through Mobile Technology?

Do Loneliness and Social Connectedness Improve in Older Adults Through Mobile Technology?

Rochell R. McWhorter, Julie A. Delello, Christine S. Gipson, Beth Mastel-Smith, Kleanthe Caruso
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 22
ISBN13: 9781799829140|ISBN10: 1799829146|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781799829157|EISBN13: 9781799829164
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-2914-0.ch009
Cite Chapter Cite Chapter

MLA

McWhorter, Rochell R., et al. "Do Loneliness and Social Connectedness Improve in Older Adults Through Mobile Technology?." Disruptive and Emerging Technology Trends Across Education and the Workplace, edited by Julie Anne Delello and Rochell R. McWhorter, IGI Global, 2020, pp. 221-242. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2914-0.ch009

APA

McWhorter, R. R., Delello, J. A., Gipson, C. S., Mastel-Smith, B., & Caruso, K. (2020). Do Loneliness and Social Connectedness Improve in Older Adults Through Mobile Technology?. In J. Delello & R. McWhorter (Eds.), Disruptive and Emerging Technology Trends Across Education and the Workplace (pp. 221-242). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2914-0.ch009

Chicago

McWhorter, Rochell R., et al. "Do Loneliness and Social Connectedness Improve in Older Adults Through Mobile Technology?." In Disruptive and Emerging Technology Trends Across Education and the Workplace, edited by Julie Anne Delello and Rochell R. McWhorter, 221-242. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2914-0.ch009

Export Reference

Mendeley
Favorite

Abstract

About one-fifth of the population in the United States in 2015 will be age 65 or older in 2050 and loneliness may be a contributing factor that inhibits their well-being and overall health. As the number of older adults continues to escalate, information and communication technologies such as smartphones and computers may create an increase in social connectedness leading to a decline in loneliness and social isolation. Results from this pilot study suggest that the older adult participants demonstrated some degree of loneliness. As the older adults used social media to connect with friends, family, and other information of interest, there was an increase in social connectedness for many of the participants, but the intensive iPad intervention was not significant in terms of reducing loneliness for either group over time.

Request Access

You do not own this content. Please login to recommend this title to your institution's librarian or purchase it from the IGI Global bookstore.