Organised by:

Malaysian Healthy Ageing Society

Co-Sponsored:

ACAP Support Symposium-

• Research Institute of Science for the Better

Living of Elderly (www.wellageing.com)

* Secretary General

Research Center for Ant-Aging Technology Development

Director, Dong-Hee Han (Ph.D)

Digital Aging in Korea

Aging in Korea

• Population approaching over 54.2 million 11% over 65 (28% some ruler areas)

• By 2050, Korea will be 37% over 65 years

• Rethinking of Aging

• Not Burden But Challenge Aging Society

65 year

15 year

Year 2000 2005 2019 2026

Status of aging

7% (aging society)

9%(aging society)

14%(aged society)

20% (super-aged society)

Population of the Elderly

Ageism

Ageism

Dependency

Lack of socialization

Bad prejudices

Lack of resources Learned helpless

Ageism

Ageism

Ageism

Ageism

New Aging

Leading Digital Life

Digital Aging

• Digital Divide, U-Heath Care System,

Support Vulnerable Life System, Digital

Leisure, New Education System,

Digital Culture, New Family Solidarity

Serious Game, Safety and Security

By Computers, Internet, Mobile telephones,

Digital cameras and Digital TV, Smart

Phone etc.

Result Survey from National Information Agency( Feb 20, 2012) - Survey of Using Internet 2011 -

Comparing Gender: Female 1978(53.5%) Male 1722(46.5%)

Age: 50’ 1783(48.2%) 60’ 990(26.8%) over 70’ 927(25.1%)

Using of Internet : 41.1% (over 50’) 2004 19.3%->2005 22.5%, 201039.3%

What is benefit ?

• Interaction • Engagement • Information • Solidarity

Digital Aging

• New strategy for aging population

• New approach for understanding later life and aging

• New modeling filial piety in Digital Era

• New solidarity model in late life

• New approach for caring system

• Overcoming the Digital Divide

• Digital aging / New aging

The Efforts of Government

Education

generalizing

learning center

Encouraging to develop

various contents

Reform

institute as

informatization

Ministry of Information & Communication(2002-2007)

Ministry of Public Administration and Security (2009-)

Promoting NGO’s public IT activities

Online IT education for senior

Developing contents, game, offline events to encourage

the participation in cyber spaces

Promoting Activities for Digital culture

Supplying Recycle computer, Workforce by IT area

Efforts of Informatization for the Elderly in Korea

Digital Divide => Digital Culture for Older Person

Skill Access

Usage Access Material

Access

Mental Access

Digital Divide

• The gap between those people and communities who have access to information technology (IT) and those who do not, as well as the disparity in the intensity and nature of IT use among groups

(Aphek, 2001; Carvin, 2000; Jackson, Zhao, Kolenic, Fitzgerald, Harold, & Von Eye, 2008).

• Material Access: few older adults own

their own computer or have network

connections

• Usage Access: lack opportunities to use

the technology

• Skill Access: lack digital skills caused by

insufficient user friendliness and

inadequate education or social support

www.wellageing.com

RISBLE(www.Wellageing.com)

Namhae Declaration May 2007

• Article 2 - We commit ourselves to helping to create age-friendly society, where healthy and active aging are secured.

• Article 3 - We recognize the mutual relation between

the healthy city and active aging. • Article 4 - We commit ourselves to integrate the

elderly into society through digital aging, which prevents elderly exclusion from information and raises the quality of life.

Article 1 - We recognize the need to empower the elderly as social capital (not a burden).

• Digital silver instructors

• Cyber neighbors/ Cyber family

• E-life monitor and campaign for healthy

internet

• Digital camera supporters

• Internet Navigator

• 1080 Family Game Festival

• Safety on Cyber Spaces

RR RISBLE PROGRAM

Symbolies of Digital Aging by RISBLE

•www. wellageing. com. •Korea •Research Institute of Science

•for the better living of the elderly

Cyber Family

1080 Cyber Family

Game Festival

Internet Navigator

IT Silver Volunteer

Cyber Neighbor

Cyber Neighbor

Cyber Neighbor

NGO Booth for Cyber Neighbor

Digital Camera Supporters

Monitoring

Cyber activities for older person

• Creating Digital Technology for the Quality of Life

• Possibilities and Opportunities to Create New Roles of Digital Era

• Encouraging to Take Part in Society

• Promoting Family Solidarity as New Model of Filial

Piety

• Keeping Continually Quality of Late Life

Digital Aging/ Digital Culture

Continuous

Social

Participation

Heath Promotion

New Filial Piety, Cyber family Interaction

Continuous Information

Sharing Late Life

Building Strategy in Information

Intelligent Technologies,

U-health, Digital System, Serious

Game

Workforce

Keeping experiences with Whole Life

Monitoring Vulnerable Environment

New Image

Intergenerational Integration

Keeping Dignity and Respect

Destroy Isolation

Health Promotion by ICT

20th IAGG See you in Seoul !!!!!!!!!

감사합니다 Thank you!!!!!!!!!