Skype as a means of integrating older people in long-term care: An action research

Széman Zsuzsa2025/2 | 6-24.kb. 36 perc (18 oldal)

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Dr. Széman Zsuzsanna, az idősödés és a generációk közötti kapcsolatok szakértője által 2013-ban publikált kutatás a Skype idős embereket integráló hatásáról „Az idősödő társadalmak kihívásai a visegrádi országokban” című kiadványból.

Abstract

This research disproved the social prejudice that elderly persons in need of care, with deteriorating functions and a poor state of health are incapable of acquiring the skills needed for modern technology. The model action programme has proved that even very elderly, sick persons in need of nursing are capable of learning to use Skype, something entirely foreign to them, if they have the motivation and are given sufficient help. In addition, Skype acts as a catalyst, leading to a higher level in the learning process; successful learning arouses the curiosity of the elderly about new forms of infocommunications and the internet. By learning to use the internet they can acquire new knowledge and keep themselves busy.

Keywords: online communication, elderly people, social care, distant compassions

DOI: 10.56699/MT.2025.2.1

The role played by technology in eldercare was already the subject of research projects in the early 1990s (COST A5), and these made it possible to elaborate model programmes in Eastern Europe and integrate them (e.g. Zivot 90 in the Czech Republic, the alarm system in Hungary). As a consequence of the strong ageing trend, infocommunications technology helping the life of the elderly has appeared in EU policy on the elderly (ICT & Ageing, www.ict-ageing.eu). The EU places special emphasis on development projects based on modern technology (AAL-JP programmes), on research related to eldercare and ICT (Mollenkopf et al., 2010), and on

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