Gerontology Embracing Technology and Social Media: Its impact in Education

One of the key elements of aging well is to feel meaningful social relationships. Being far geographically from one’s relatives, impaired mobility or obligations hinder the older adults from the desire to have satisfying social contact. This study has a dual purpose: one is to examine whether Information and Communication Technology (ICT) use and the Internet has any effect through causing or reducing experiences of loneliness and social isolation among people in independent and assisted living and to examine the perceptions on how Internet use affects communication and social interaction. An axiomatic theory development and qualitative analysis were involved in the various procedures of analysing and interpreting data generated from the examination of documents and records relevant in this study. Theoretical analysis and data mining are resorted to, specifically on those data which are related to the purpose of this study. This documentary work involves reading lots of written materials and the researcher utilized the deductive research approach. The researcher reflected, analysed and then adjusted the research.