The document discusses digital empowerment, digital inclusion, and the results of a survey conducted with older adults on digital inclusion barriers. The survey found that the main barriers for older adults are access, installation, knowledge, design, and trust. Most respondents relied on grandchildren to use devices and few did not have devices at all. While some used online services, the survey concluded that most older Indians are not digitally included but could be with efforts to address knowledge gaps, trust issues, and cybercrime prevention.

1. DIGITAL EMPOWERMENT
.In simple terms it is taking control of your digital agenda
rather than being controlled by the outside the world.

2. DIGITAL INCLUSION
 Focuses onhowinformationandcommunicationtechnologyaffects
individuals,communitiesandcountries.
 Insimplewords, itisbeingabletouse digitaldevicessuchas
computers, smartphones andtheinternet.

3. METHODOLOGY
 Primary data collection
 Questionnaire and Personal interview
 Respondents: old age people
 Statistical tools used: Pie charts and bar
graphs

4. SURVEY TOPIC- OLD AGE PEOPLE
 Ensuring digital inclusion for older adults means overcoming five key
barriers:
 Access
 Installation
 Knowledge
 Design
 Trust

5. INFERENCES FROM THE SURVEY

10. How to insure digital inclusion for older
adults ?
 End ageism
 Keep it smile
 Adjust device to meet their needs
 Time to teach them with essentials
 Show them the lighter side of the digital world
 Practice with them

11. CONCLUSION
 Most of the respondents dependent on their grandchildren For
using their personal devices. Few didn’t possess the devices at all.
 Senior citizens belonging to the upper class and upper middle class
are more tech friendly than those who are poor.
 Health services are accessed by very few via the internet .This also
shows that the accessibility of government services made for old
people that can accessed via the phone remains limited.
 Some auto drivers did use Google maps and online payment system
which tells us that progress has been made in the process of
making the technology user friendly for old age people.
 From the survey we can conclude that the old age people in India
are not digitally included but they certainly on the verge of being
digitally included By removing the barriers like improper
knowledge and trust issues and takin measures for preventing
cybercrimes, risk of misinformation tec