Elderly People's Adaptation to the Evolving Digital Society

A Case Study in Vietnam

Bibliographic Data

ID5935459
AuthorsThi Xuan Hoa Nguyen (Hanoi University of Science and Technology), Thi Bich Ngoc Tran (0000-0001-5592-8293), Trần Thị Ngọc (0000-0003-2184-3907, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, corresponding author), Thanh Binh Dao (Hanoi University of Science and Technology), Galina Barysheva, Галина Анзельмовна Барышева (0000-0002-2746-1355, National Research Tomsk State University), Chien Thang Nguyen (Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences), An Nguyen (0000-0002-7074-6807, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences), An Ha Nguyen, Tran Si Lam (Foreign Trade University)
Year2022
Volume11
Issue8
Pages324
Publication date2022-07-25
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Sciences (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2076-0760 • E-ISSN: 2076-0760
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/socsci11080324
OpenAlexW4287878842
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited23

The rapid and breakthrough development of digital technology in the digital era creates excellent opportunities for Vietnam's socioeconomic development, profoundly changing all activities and people's lifestyles. However, due to old age characteristics, older adults become a vulnerable population group and face many difficulties when digital transformation occurs widely in all aspects of life. Research issues raised by the research team, such as sociodemographic characteristics, active aging, the activeness and attitudes of the elderly in Vietnam toward the digital environment, the importance of relevant government policies, and necessary attention from telecommunications and online service providers, are considered the novelties of this study. Among these, sociodemographics were found to be the most important factor influencing the digital adaptation of older people, as they dominate the age-related problems faced by older people. These suggestions were confirmed by evaluating the results of a sociological survey conducted by the research group At Hanoi University of Science and Technology on the influence of the technological environment on older adults' lives using qualitative research methods. The purpose of the study was to determine the factors influencing the digital adaptability of Vietnamese elderly people in order to propose policy implications to encourage the elderly to adapt to the digital environment in the emerging digital society in Vietnam

Adaptability · Adaptation (eye · Digital transformation · Economic growth · Government (linguistics · Management · Political science · Population · Public relations · Qualitative research · Social science · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Vietnamese · Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Medicine · Psychology · Technology Use by Older Adults · Gerontology

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