Shaping the Future of Mobile Application Utilization by the Elderly Las Piñeros
In 2000, there were 4.6 million senior citizens (60 years or older), representing about 6% of the total population. In two decades, this has grown to 9.4 million older people or about 8.6% of the total population. The World Population Prospects 2019 estimates that by 2050, older people will make up around 16.5% of the total population.
This growth has spurred efforts to improve the senior citizens’ quality of life by offering smarter and more efficient ITbased government services in different domains such as healthcare and transportation.
Middle-aged and older adults are embracing technology and are more digitally connected than ever before. With approximately 71 million Filipinos now connected via mobile, these devices are a part of their daily lives to stay informed, connect to friends and family, shop, make travel plans, and make reservations for travel and transportation
The integration of mobile applications with the use of the OSCA ID presents signiIicant beneIits to senior citizens who are digitally connected
The well-being of the elderly will progressively depend upon technology adoption as services to senior citizens become digitally transformed. Services such as automatic recording of discounted medicine and food purchases, movie seat reservations, online payments, the capability to receive government advisories, and many more as the digital infrastructure improves and relevant content becomes available over time.
