The Internet
? More Senior Citizen Internet Facts...
? Reports state that seniors take the lead in the number of hours per week they use their PC. Senior adults use their equipment an average of 12 hours compared to 10 hours for younger adult males, 9 hours for younger adult females, 9 hours for college students, 7 hours for teenagers, and 5 hours for children under 12.
? Computer technology provides a senior
citizen the opportunity to keep in touch
with the times. The Internet and online
service providers have opened the way
for an electronic senior citizen community
to develop nationally as well as interna-
tionally through a wide range of news
groups, discussion forums, and "live"
chat rooms. These senior discussion
groups focus on such topics as politics,
travel, health problems, housing,