Get Our Older Adults Online

[Commentary] Within the older adult community, age 65+, only a little over a third have adopted broadband and are able to go online at home. With much of our information, entertainment, commerce, and even government services now on the Internet, our seniors have rapidly become the most digitally divided segment of our society – and with the great benefits the Internet has to offer our aging community, they’re missing out on an opportunity to improve their lives at a most critical point. Project GOAL is working to demonstrate how older adults are able to enrich their lives by getting online. While demonstrating the value, we are also working on addressing the challenges. The Internet offers a world of opportunity for older adults and it’s important that more within this community adopt broadband and get online. [Debra Berlyn serves as the Executive Director of The Project to Get Older Adults onLine]