Mobile Age project featured in the EU newsletter eHealth, Wellbeing and Ageing Newsletter Issue, September 2018 under the Research and Innovation news section.
Among other, the article mentions: "As public administrations in Europe are becoming more and more digitalised, there is a risk of older people being excluded from public services. This is because they do not always have access to the internet or may not be familiar with new technologies. The EU-funded Mobile Age project will help them to make full use of the public services to which they are entitled. This is being done by working in collaboration with senior citizens who are helping to develop new accessible, mobile and open government services.
The project is creating user-friendly applications for elderly people that will make administrative tasks easier, as well as encouraging active ageing projects in their communities. Thanks to this project, the applications will allow elderly people to participate in open government: online access to public services and information using open data.
As part of the co-creation process, Mobile Age researchers are working with older people to find out to which public services they would like access, what kind of mobile applications they would prefer to use, and what their accessibility and mobility requirements are. The project recognises that many older people may not use the latest devices, and may prefer a website to an app, for example. Applications are developed using an Open Senior Citizen Public Service Engagement Platform."
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