TECHNOAGISM AND TECHNICAL BEHAVIOR OF THE ELDERLY CITIZENS: RESULTS OF RUSSIAN AND BELARUSIAN RESEARCHES

2021 ◽  
pp. 311-318
Author(s):  
Р.В. Карапетян ◽  
Е.В. Лебедева ◽  
Л.Г. Титаренко
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Social Effects ◽  
Professional Practices ◽  
Big City ◽  
Digital Sphere

Статья посвящена анализу социальных эффектов цифровой трансформации, происходящей в столичных мегаполисах (на примере Санкт-Петербурга и Минска), их влиянию на жизнедеятельность пожилых людей. Цифровая трансформация в данной статье рассматривается в двух аспектах - как внедрение цифровых технологий в повседневную жизнь (в том числе в контексте феномена «умный город») и как цифровая трансформация сферы труда (постоянно воспроизводимый процесс ее цифровизации). В контексте ее социальных эффектов акцентируется внимание на таких явлениях, как техноэйджизм (исключение пожилых людей из цифровой сферы) и связанный с ним техностресс. The article is aimed to analyze social effects of digitalization using the example of the elderly in big city. Digitalization in this article is considered in two aspects: as introduction of digital technologies in everyday life (as well as «smart city»); and digital transformation of professional practices. Special attention is paid to such phenomena as techno-ageism (exclusion of older people from the digital sphere) and related technostress.

scholarly journals Godność, codzienność, wsparcie osób starszych z niepełnosprawnością

2018 ◽  
pp. 19-30
Author(s):  
BERNADETA SZCZUPAŁ
Keyword(s):  
Life Expectancy ◽  
Older People ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Life Support ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Theoretical Issues ◽  
Life Phenomenon

Bernadeta Szczupał, Dignity, everyday life, support for seniors with disabilities, Interdisciplinary Contexts of Special Pedagogy, No. 22, Poznań 2018. Pp. 15–26. Adam Mickiewicz University Press. ISSN 2300-391X. DOI: https://doi.org/10.14746/ikps.2018.22.02 The process of ageing is an inevitable life phenomenon in both the individual and social aspects. With the growing life expectancy of humans, the way of living in the old age becomes a challenge in the context of respect for the dignity of the elderly. In this article, I present selected theoretical issues concerning the sense of dignity, everyday life and helplessness of elderly people with disabilities, which is unfortunately often associated with it. I also show the complexity of contemporary problems and expectations and the challenges faced by older people with disabilities.

scholarly journals Living with Light: an ethnographic study of older people’s use and experience of lighting at home

2018 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
pp. 01012
Author(s):  
S.L. Nielsen ◽  
M.F. Mullins
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Older People ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Cultural Experiences ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Insight Into

This ethnographic study aims to better understand the culture, values and everyday life of elderly people in view of their use of lighting in their homes. By addressing different types of lighting and exploring when, how and why older people used various lighting sources in their homes, the study seeks new insight into and an in-depth understanding of how older people experience light in their everyday lives. The paper introduces the results of a qualitative analysis of the collected data and presents some observations on the values and meanings the elderly attach to light and lighting in their daily lives. It is argued that these patterns are largely shaped by the elderly’s bodily, social and cultural experiences and contexts, so a framework encompassing four major themes is proposed: 1. Traditions, Economy and Environment; 2. Quality of Life and Independence; 3. Health; and 4. Security and Safety.

scholarly journals Employment and elderly citizens’ readiness for training in the context of digitalization: state, problems, prospects

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 7-16
Author(s):  
Tatiana Kasyanova ◽  
◽  
Lyudmila Voronina ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
The State ◽  
Training Methods ◽  
Organizational Conditions ◽  
The Government ◽  
High Level ◽  
National Programs

Introduction. In the structure of the population of Russia, the proportion of older people is increasing, but the duration of the economically active working life of this age category is less than in some European countries. Many elderly Russians having an active life position want and can work. Most of them have a high level of professional education and qualifications, experience, and yet many are not in demand on the labor market, because they do not have enough digital skills. The purpose of this article is to study the situation with employing elderly citizens, identify factors that determine successful mastering information and digital technologies on the bases of the results of retraining and advanced training. Methods. The authors of the article analyze the regulatory legal acts of the Russian Federation and the Russian Federation’s constituent entities (national programs and projects), study the content of the government bodies’ websites, including public employment departments, educational organizations, statistical data are used to assess the state of senior citizens’ employment and education, the authors carry out an empirical study with a survey. Scientific novelty of the study. The authors identify factors that affect the elderly citizens’ employment in industries where digital technologies are actively introduced; point out the factors that positively impact successful elderly citizens’ education. It has been proved that in order to obtain a positive learning outcome, not only the legal and organizational conditions created by the state are required, but also the presence of an educational strategy among the elderly people themselves, an element of which is the development of information and digital technologies. The results of the study make it possible to realize the main problems that hinder employment and training, as well as to predict some trends regarding the position of older people in the new realities of the digital economy.

CHALLENGES AND RISKS OF DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION: GLOBAL AND UKRAINIAN CONTEXTS

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (5) ◽  
pp. 40-58
Author(s):  
Volodymyr SIDENKO ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Digital Technology ◽  
Institutional Environment ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Social Effects ◽  
Environmental Consequences ◽  
Strongly Connected ◽  
High Crime ◽  
And Behavior

The risks of digitalization of the economy are the reverse side of the process that creates by digital technology new commercial and communication opportunities for individuals and society as a whole. They arise from the ambivalent nature of digital technologies, their generally neutral nature in relation to the norms of public morality. Among the risks associated with digital technology, cybersecurity issues that focus on exogenous (in relation to digital content) risks are now prioritized. At the same time, much less attention is given to endogenous technologically determined risks of digital transformation: increase of personal information insecurity, intensification of information noise and growth of unproductive loss of time, considerable expansion of opportunities to manipulate human consciousness and behavior, risk of distortion of the modes of thinking and culture, adverse environmental consequences, primarily due to the significant energy intensity of digitalization. The economic and social effects of digital technologies are largely determined by the state of the formal and informal institutional environment of a country. Given the institutional distortions and high crime rates, the policy of forced and unbalanced introduction of digital technologies can produce negative social effects, including the growth of new forms of criminalization of economic activity, strengthening control over the behavior of people and public associations. The policy of dissemination of the latest digital technologies in institutionally problematic countries should be careful, balanced and strongly connected to the parallel improvement in the structure and functioning mechanisms of public institutions. It is necessary to create a single permanent platform (network) for broad public discussions on the digitalization of the economy and society and its consequences for man and society.

scholarly journals Digitalization of city and digital copetencies of citizens

2020 ◽  
pp. 101-110
Author(s):  
Еlena V. Lebedeva ◽  
Anna I. Deniskina
Keyword(s):  
Urban Environment ◽  
Empirical Data ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Professional Practices ◽  
Social Risks ◽  
The Social ◽  
Digital Competencies

The article is aimed to analyse the tendencies of digital transformation of the temporary city. A sociological reconceptualisation of the term «smart city» is proposed, various stages in the evolution of the theoretical ideas about a smart city are distinguished. Based on empirical data, the key areas of digitalisation of the urban environment, as well as the social risks associated with these processes are identified (first of all, technostress as difficulties in adapting to a new digital reality). The article concludes with analysis of the role of the urban environment as a factor in the formation of digital competencies of citizens in everyday and professional practices.

Systematization of the smart city civil engineering infrastructure

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 765-779
Author(s):  
E.V. Popov ◽  
K.A. Semyachkov ◽  
K.V. Zhunusova
Keyword(s):  
Smart City ◽  
Process Management ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Urban Infrastructure ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Economic Innovation ◽  
Civil Engineering Infrastructure ◽  
Functional Transformations

Subject. This article explores the basic elements of the engineering infrastructure of smart cities. Objectives. The article aims to systematize theoretical descriptions of the engineering infrastructure of a smart city. Methods. For the study, we used a logical analysis and systematization. Results. The article highlights the main areas of infrastructure development of smart cities. Conclusions. Improving process management mechanisms, optimizing urban infrastructure, increasing the use of digital technologies, and developing socio-economic innovation improve the quality of the urban environment in a digitalized environment. And improving the efficiency of urban planning and security, studying its properties and characteristics, and forming an effective urban information system lead to its functional transformations.

Digital economy: conceptual and strategic aspects of development

2020 ◽  
pp. 40-52
Author(s):  
D. Volkov
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Digital Economy ◽  
The State ◽  
Long Wave ◽  
End To End ◽  
Advanced Development ◽  
Digital Sphere

The article proves the need to "return" the state to the economy in order to implement digital mobilization and form a new mechanism of public administration, including the article analyzes the key conditions for Russia’s transition to the path of "advanced development", reveals not only the content of the levels of the digital sphere, but also its end-to-end digital technologies, all the challenges and threats generated by the development of the digital economy, examines the need and possibility of Russia’s movement to the sixth technological order, provides an algorithm for the transition to the phase of a new long wave (the big or Kondratiev cycle).

scholarly journals The Leading Digital Technology Companies and Their Approach to Sustainable Development

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 6612
Author(s):  
Peter Jones ◽  
Martin Wynn
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Sustainable Future

The increasingly stellar attraction of the digital technologies and the growing, though not universal, consensus of the need to build a sustainable future, are two powerful trends within society. The aim of this article is to offer an exploratory review of how the leading companies within the digital transformation market have addressed sustainable development. As such, the article’s originality and value lie in offering a review of current corporate thinking within that market. The study adopts an inductive, qualitative approach based on an examination of published company reports, and identifies six major sustainability themes being actively promoted and supported. The article concludes that the current sustainability objectives of the technology companies are driven as much by commercial reality as any altruistic motives, and that support and promotion of the circular economy may offer the best opportunity for digital technologies to meaningfully impact sustainable development.

scholarly journals Population aging and the historical development of intergenerational transfer systems

Genus ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 76 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald Lee
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Population Aging ◽  
Intergenerational Transfers ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Intergenerational Transfer ◽  
Agricultural Revolution ◽  
Public Transfers ◽  
Working Age ◽  
Social Sharing ◽  
Private Transfers

Abstract From our evolutionary past, humans inherited a long period of child dependency, extensive intergenerational transfers to children, cooperative breeding, and social sharing of food. Older people continued to transfer a surplus to the young. After the agricultural revolution, population densities grew making land and residences valuable assets controlled by older people, leading to their reduced labor supply which made them net consumers. In some East Asian societies today, elders are supported by adult children but in most societies the elderly continue to make private net transfers to their children out of asset income or public pensions. Growing public intergenerational transfers have crowded out private transfers. In some high-income countries, the direction of intergenerational flows has reversed from downward to upwards, from young to old. Nonetheless, net private transfers remain strongly downward, from older to younger, everywhere in the world. For many but not all countries, projected population aging will bring fiscal instability unless there are major program reforms. However, in many countries population aging will reduce the net cost to adults of private transfers to children, partially offsetting the increased net costs to working age adults for public transfers to the elderly.

scholarly journals Rational Use of Protein Supplements in the Elderly—Relevance of Gastrointestinal Mechanisms

Nutrients ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 1227
Author(s):  
Ian Chapman ◽  
Avneet Oberoi ◽  
Caroline Giezenaar ◽  
Stijn Soenen
Keyword(s):  
Blood Glucose ◽  
Older People ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Time Intervals ◽  
Lower Blood Glucose ◽  
Protein Supplements ◽  
Protein Requirements ◽  
Lower Blood ◽  
Older Subjects

Protein supplements are increasingly used by older people to maintain nutrition and prevent or treat loss of muscle function. Daily protein requirements in older people are in the range of 1.2 gm/kg/day or higher. Many older adults do not consume this much protein and are likely to benefit from higher consumption. Protein supplements are probably best taken twice daily, if possible soon after exercise, in doses that achieve protein intakes of 30 gm or more per episode. It is probably not important to give these supplements between meals, as we have shown no suppressive effects of 30 gm whey drinks, and little if any suppression of 70 gm given to older subjects at varying time intervals from meals. Many gastrointestinal mechanisms controlling food intake change with age, but their contributions to changes in responses to protein are not yet well understood. There may be benefits in giving the supplement with rather than between meals, to achieve protein intakes above the effective anabolic threshold with lower supplement doses, and have favourable effects on food-induced blood glucose increases in older people with, or at risk of developing, type 2 diabetes mellitus; combined protein and glucose drinks lower blood glucose compared with glucose alone in older people.

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