China is the world´s most populated country with a high percentage of old people. The happiness of old people in Eastern countries is related to the living situation and the family concept. China´s sprit of filial piety and the rules from the government are saying that care for old people is the responsibility of adults in China. Given the country´s rapid development and skewed population growth, Chinese adults have a hard time balancing expectations from their old parents and the demands from the modern society.  The aim of this study was to explore Chinese adults´ perceptions of old Chinese people and the traditional care taking of old people in China today. This is a qualitative study, with four semi-structured interviews with four back-office Chinese adult workers aged between 25-40 years. The interview was conducted in a manufacturing company in Shenzhen and lasted between 25-35 minutes. In the analysing of the data a qualitative content analysis by Yin (2013) was used.  The resultat of this study shows that the respect for the culture is important for the well-being of the old people in China. Old Chinese people consider the financial support from the sons as a proof of a successful Chinese family and that the Chinese people are forced to adapt to the rapid development even within the care taking of old people in China. The result discussion is based on the context of the human being and the theory, Transcultural Care, of Madeleine Leininger and with reflections from previous research. Brought to attention from the discussion was that old people felt a strong need of having their culture respected and valued in order to perceive themselves and to be perceived by others as a valuable human being.  A nurse needs to understand that cultures are inconsistent and at the same time respect the cultural heritage of a patient, and thereby understand the patient as cultural being. The individual culture emerge in a patient when the nurse understands the patient as the individual he/she is. Only then can the nurse offer care which leads to individual well-being, for both old and young people. / Kina är världens mest befolkade land med en stor andel äldre. Äldre människors upplevelse av lycka i östländer relateras ofta till deras boende situation och deras känsla av familjesamhörighet. I Kinas finns den ständiga andan av respekt för sina äldre där också regering säger att det är de vuxna kinesernas ansvar att vårda sina äldre. Den snabba utvecklingen i landet och den skeva befolkningsväxten har resulterat i att vuxna kineser har fått det svårt att balansera kraven som de äldre ställer med kraven från landets samhälleliga moderniseringsprocess.  Syftet med studien var att utforska vuxna kinesers uppfattning av äldre kineser och den traditionella äldrevården i Kina idag. Detta är en kvalitativ studie, med fyra semi-strukturerade intervjuer med kontorsanställda, vuxna kineser i åldrarna 25-40 år. Intervjuerna varade mellan 25-35 minuter och utfördes på ett produktionsföretag i Shenzhen. I analysen av datan användes en kvalitativ innehållsanalys med ramar från Yin (2013).   Resultatet av studien visade att respekten för kulturen var viktig för äldre kinesers välmående. Att det finansiella stödet från söner fungerade som ett bevis för familjelycka och att det kinesiska folket har tvingats anpassa sig till den snabba utvecklingen när det gäller vårdandet av äldre kineser.  Resultatet har diskuterats med tidigare forskning och kring den transkulturella omvårdnadsteorin av Madeleine Leininger med fokus på konsensusbegreppet människan. Utifrån denna diskussion framkom det att äldre personer har ett starkt behov av att få sin kultur respekterad och värdesatt för att kunna uppfatta sig själv och bli uppfattad av andra som en värdefull människa. Sjuksköterskan måste förstå att en kultur är föränderlig och samtidigt respektera den nuvarande kulturen hos patienten och på så vis förstå varje patient som en kulturell varelse. Individens kultur uppenbarar sig först när man förstått personen. Först då kan sjuksköterskan erbjuda vård som leder till individuellt välbefinnande, för såväl äldre som yngre patienter.

The aim of this thesis was to examine the financial knowledge of older people as a vulnerable group of the population of the Czech Republic. The respondents were asked about the field of financial institutions and products. Survey was conducted in homes and homes for the elderly in the town of Netolice and in a surrounding of this town

Orientador: Anita Liberalesso Neri / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Educação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-08T04:03:26Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Rosa_FernandaHeringuerMoreira_M.pdf: 6913388 bytes, checksum: 9eab0d0de9881a888e6fd9df7a4cbc55 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006 / Mestrado / Mestre em Gerontologia

Orientador : Anita Liberalesso Neri / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Educação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-08T16:07:57Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Santana_MarceloCardosode_M.pdf: 977818 bytes, checksum: 9f6c3cd5890e7e3c94213ac0942dc928 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007 / Resumo: Objetivo: Foi conduzido um estudo de levantamento envolvendo idosos residentes na comunidade, com 65 a 103 anos de idade, investigando sua crença religiosa e a importância e os significados por eles atribuídos à religiosidade. Método: Os dados pertenciam ao banco de dados de uma pesquisa sobre condições de velhice bem-sucedida desenvolvido numa cidade brasileira de médio porte. Entre os 956 idosos da amostra, 361 (71% mulheres; idade média = 71,6 anos e DP=8,3) responderam questões sobre sua crença religiosa, e sobre a importância e os significados atribuídos à religiosidade. Os principais temas derivados da análise de conteúdo foram submetidos à análise estatística comparando-os às outras variáveis. Resultados: A maioria eram católicos e atribuíram alto valor à religiosidade em suas vidas. Os principais temas associados à religiosidade foram: fonte de significado existencial, expressão de tradição cultural, regulador moral, e estratégia de enfrentamento. Não foram observadas diferenças estatisticamente significativas devidas a gênero e à idade, com exceção de religião como estratégia de enfrentamento, mais freqüente entre as mulheres, e de religião como expressão de tradição cultural, mais citado pelos católicos. As principais associações apontadas pela análise de correspondência foram: ser católico, ser mulher, ter mais de 70 anos, alta freqüência de menções à religiosidade como fonte de significado e expressão de tradição cultural e baixa em religiosidade como fonte de transcendência; não ser religioso, ser homem, ter menos de 70 anos e enfatizar a religiosidade como regulador moral e fonte de desenvolvimento pessoal; ser espírita e enfatizar a religiosidade como busca de transcendência / Abstract: Objective: There was carried out a survey aimed at investigating the religious belief, the level of importance and the meanings related to religiosity according community-dwelling elderly aged 65 to 103. Methods: Data were gathered from the data set of a survey about conditions of successful aging developed in a middle sized Brazilian town (N=956). Among these, 361 (71% women, mean age = 71,6, DP=8,3) answered questions about their religious belief, as well as about the level of importance and the meanings they associated to religiosity. The main themes derived from content analysis were submitted to statistical analysis comparing them to the other variables. Results: The majority were Roman Catholic and attributed high value to religiosity in their life. The main themes associated to religiosity were: source of existential meaning, expression of cultural tradition, moral ruler, and coping strategy. There were not observed statistically significant differences due to gender and age, with exception of religion as coping strategy, more frequent among women, and religion as expression of cultural tradition, where the catholic scored higher. The main associations showed by correspondence analysis were: being Roman Catholic, women, aged 70 and more, strong beliefs toward religiosity as source of meaning or expression of cultural tradition and low frequency of beliefs on religiosity as a source of transcendence; being non-religious, being men, being aged less than 70, and emphasis on religiosity as moral ruler and as a source of personal growth; being spiritualist and strong beliefs on religiosity as a quest for the transcendent / Mestrado / Gerontologia / Mestre em Gerontologia

Orientador: Anita Liberalesso Neri / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Educação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-11T04:46:57Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Todaro_MonicadeAvila_D.pdf: 1336887 bytes, checksum: 358cc7151d1a4ba79513390a5d4feaf3 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008 / Resumo: Investir na educação de crianças com vistas à melhoria das atitudes em relação aos idosos é uma medida de longo prazo que pode auxiliar os indivíduos e as sociedades a envelhecer melhor. Objetivos: a) Construir e avaliar a confiabilidade interna de uma escala diferencial semântica (DS) para avaliar atitudes infantis em relação a idosos. b) Verificar as atitudes de crianças, controlando gênero, idade e intensidade da convivência com os avós; c) Testar a eficácia de um programa educacional de leitura de textos infantis de ficção, contendo personagens idosos. Métodos: Foram 248 crianças entre 7 e 10 anos (130 meninas), 25% de cada idade e série (1ª a 4ª). Foram levantados significados de velhice e cotejados com a teoria e com avaliações de especialistas; versões do instrumento foram avaliadas pelas crianças. A intervenção envolveu préteste, tratamento e pós-teste aplicados a 8 subgrupos, dois para cada série, em 5 sessões de 50 minutos. Resultados: Obteve-se uma DS com 14 itens de 3 intensidades, nos domínios cognição, agência, relações sociais e persona. O alfa de Cronbach foi 0,773 no pré-teste e 0,741 no pósteste. As atitudes foram geralmente positivas, mas melhoraram no pós-teste. Os meninos e as crianças mais velhas tiveram atitudes mais negativas, mas foram os que mais melhoraram no pósteste. Ocorreram diferenças entre as crianças que moravam e as que não moravam com os avós em persona, em que estas foram mais negativas; quanto maior o número de atividades realizadas com os avós, mais positivas as atitudes em cognição. Conclusões: Novos estudos metodológicos deverão ampliar a variabilidade da escala de 3 intensidades e realizar medidas de validade interna e de critério. O programa de leitura mostrou-se motivador, eficaz para provocar mudança de atitudes e passível de ampliação e adaptação para crianças de outras idades, como tema transversal do currículo do Ensino Fundamental / Abstract: Investing in children¿s education, having in mind the improvement in attitudes towards aged people is a long-term measure that can help individuals and societies to experiment aging in a better way. Purposes: a) to build and to evaluate the inner reliability of a semantic differential scale (DS) in order to estimate children¿s attitudes towards aged people; b) to verify children¿s attitudes, considering gender, age and intensity of the coexistence with their grandparents; c) to test the effectiveness of na educational reading program of children¿s fiction texts containing aged characters. Methods: research was accomplished with 248 (two hundred and forty-eight) children between 7 (seven) and 10 (ten) years of age (130 ¿ one hundred and thirty ¿ girls), 25 (twenty-five) per cent of each age and each grade (1st to 4th). Meanings attached to old age were raised and compared with specialists theories and evaluations; versions of the instrument were appraised by the children. The intervention involved pre-test, treatment and post-tests applied to 8 (eight) subgroups, two for each grade, in 5 sessions of 50 (fifty) minutes. Results: a DS was obtained with 14 (fourteen) items of 3 (three) intensities, in the domains cognition, agency, social relationships and persona. The Cronbach¿s alpha was 0,773 in the pre-test and 0,741 in the post-test. The attitudes were usually positive, but they got better in the posttest. The boys and older children had more negative attitudes, but they showed the most improvement in the post-test. Differences in persona occurred among the children that lived with the grandparents and the ones who didn¿t , and the latter had more negative results; the larger the number of activities accomplished with the grandparents, the more positive the attitudes in cognition. Conclusions: New methodological studies should enlarge the variability of the scale of 3 intensities and develop measurements of inner validity and criteria. The reading program was shown to promote motivation, proved effective to provoke change of attitudes and susceptible of enlargement and adaptation for children of other ages, as crosscurricular theme in fundamental education / Doutorado / Psicologia Educacional / Doutor em Educação

A busca por um estilo de vida saudável é crescente sendo desafiante para a indústria alimentícia atender às demandas atuais de mercado. A idade do consumidor é variável importante frente às expectativas dos indivíduos. Pois os jovens em geral são saudáveis, estão em fase de descobertas, mudanças e em formação de opinião, enquanto os idosos possuem preferências consolidadas e geralmente apresentam restrições alimentares. Neste contexto, para produtos cárneos, o reduzido teor de gordura e a mastigabilidade são características atrativas. Para o desenvolvimento de produtos cárneos diferenciados são práticas usuais as combinações de ingredientes não cárneos passíveis de substituir a gordura, ou ainda a redução de ácidos graxos saturados por meio da utilização de óleos vegetais para substituir a gordura suína. Contudo, raros são os estudos que abordam simultaneamente a redução e a substituição de gordura avaliando a influência destas modificações na percepção sensorial de consumidores com diferentes idades. Assim, o presente estudo tem por objetivo principal viabilizar a obtenção de emulsionados com alta redução de gordura animal e aceitabilidade sensorial, utilizando ingredientes não cárneos (alginato, guar e soro de leite) associados à gordura vegetal; além de comparar os perfis sensoriais obtidos por jovens, adultos e idosos treinados. Nas formulações a gordura foi reduzida em 66% e o máximo de substituição foi de 100% do toucinho. Sendo as formulações: CA e CV os tratamentos controles contendo respectivamente 24% de gordura animal (A) e gordura vegetal (V) na massa; RGA (reduzida gordura animal) e RGV (reduzida gordura vegetal) com teor reduzido para 12% de gordura na massa; enquanto RGAH (reduzida gordura animal com hidrocolóides) e RGVH (reduzida gordura vegetal com hidrocolóides) possuem 12% de gordura e foram adicionados de soro de leite (1,2%), alginato (0,25%) e goma guar (0,05%). A substituição da gordura animal por vegetal modificou a qualidade do produto principalmente quanto à textura (elasticidade e mastigabilidade). A redução de gordura diminuiu o potencial oxidativo e o teor de ácidos graxos saturados, minimizou as perdas na cocção e apresentou a maior aceitação sensorial. Os resultados dos consumidores demonstrou que nenhum dos tratamentos foi estatisticamente (p>0,05) preferido, entretanto 64% dos consumidores preferiram os produtos com teor reduzido de gordura. Os consumidores com mais idade não conseguiram diferenciar as amostras. Entre os grupos treinados, os perfis sensoriais obtidos foram diferentes, porém os grupos treinados destacaram que a redução da gordura animal proporcionou a obtenção de produtos com características mais similares aos tradicionais quando comparados aos substituídos por gordura vegetal. Conclui-se que o novo produto deve possuir apelo à saudabilidade, ressaltando seu teor de gordura e suas características diferenciadas quanto à maciez e mastigação. Esta pesquisa aponta um caminho promissor para pesquisas envolvendo a utilização de fontes lipídicas diferenciadas associadas aos hidrocolóides em produtos cárneos. Além disso, ele estudo reforça a importância da seleção de grupos de provadores para testes sensoriais dependendo do público alvo do produto a ser desenvolvido. Destaca-se ainda a necessidade de aprimoramento das análises sensoriais descritivas, sendo os mapas de referências, utilizados neste trabalho, uma ferramenta simples que auxilia os provadores na obtenção de resultados. / The search for a healthy lifestyle, it have been a challenge for the food industry meet the demands of current market. The consumer age is an important variable to obtain the expectations of individuals. Young people in general are healthy, and they are in opinion formation, while the elderly have consolidated preferences and often should have dietary restrictions. In this context, for the low-fat meat products and chewiness are attractive features. For the development of meat products differentiated, are common to combine nonmeat ingredients that can substitute the fat, or the reduction of composition saturated by the use of vegetable oils to replace pork fat. However, few are the studies that consider both requirements: the reduction and replacement of fat assessing the influence of these changes in sensory perception of consumers of different ages. Thus, the present has the main objective to facilitate obtaining emulsified with high fat reduction and sensory acceptability, using nonmeat ingredients, associated with vegetable fat, in addition to compare the sensory profiles obtained by youth, adults and seniors trained. Three processes were performed at different time periods from the standardization of the raw material. In the formulations fat was reduced by 66% and the maximum was 100% replacement of fat. Being formulations: CA and CV treatments controls containing respectively 24% animal fat (A) and vegetable fat (V) the mass; RGA (reduced animal fat) and RGV (reduced vegetable fat) with content reduced to 12% fat mass, while RGAH (reduced animal fat with hydrocolloids), and RGVH (reduced fat with vegetable hydrocolloids) have 12% fat and added whey (1.2%), sodium alginate (0.25%) and guar gum (0.05%). The replacement of animal fat to vegetable modified product quality especially in regard to texture (elasticity and chewiness). The reduction of fat decreased the oxidative potential and of saturated fatty acids, downplayed cooking loss and had the highest sensory acceptance. The results demonstrate the consumer 110 that no treatment was considered preferred, though 64% of consumers prefer products with reduced fat content. Older consumers could not differentiate the samples. Among the groups trained sensory profiles obtained were different, the trained groups emphasized that the reduction in animal fat afforded to obtain products with characteristics similar to those when compared to traditional replaced by vegetable fat (RGV and RGVH). We conclude that the new product should have appeal to healthiness, highlighting its fat content and its distinctive characteristics as the softness and chewing. This result shows promising areas for future research involving the use of different lipid sources associated with hydrocolloids in meat products associated with different lipid sources. This study reinforces the importance of the selection of groups of assessors depending on the target audience of the product to be developed. Another important point is the need for improvement of sensory descriptive analysis, with the maps of references used in this work a simple tool that helps testers in getting results.

The main purpose of the survey was to map older generations’ use of computer games, hereafter called gaming, and to highlight positive effects gaming has on the aging person. The goal of the survey is to contribute with deeper understanding and broadened awareness of which possibilities gaming offer to improve the wellbeing of the ageing human being. The collected empirical information was based on these questions: What does gaming look like amongst societies’ persons of the third age? Which factors contribute to encourage the ageing person to play? Can gaming be an important preventive factor for the ageing persons of the future? The gathering of data was carried out, using two different methods. A questionnaire based survey and thematically opens interviews. The selection of participants in the questionnaire based survey consisted of 32 persons. Two interviews were carried out. One with two persons and one with one person. All participants were of the third age, meaning that they are healthy and can manage daily life themselves. The result of the questionnaire based survey indicates thatmost persons of the third age, in spite of being in possession of digital instruments, well suited for gaming, very few of them actually play, and have no interest in it. The results of the interviews indicate that the lack of interest by older adults can partially be caused by the mass medias’ exposure of negative effects gaming can have on people, and partially by a lack of exposure of positive effects it can have to achieve improved wellbeing. Furthermore, the results of the interviews indicate that what could increase older persons interest in gaming, is research confirming the positive effects it can have on older persons, and that games that are both interesting and satisfying are available.

Background: Drugs are one of the cornerstones in the management of many diseases. In general, drugs are used for diagnosis, prevention, mitigation of symptoms, and, sometimes, to cure disease. However, drug treatment in elderly people, especially those with dementia and cognitive impairments, may involve significant risk of adverse drug events.  The aim of this thesis was to identify the extent of potentially inappropriate drug treatment among people with dementia and cognitive impairment and to assess the occurrence and character of drug-related problems that lead to acute hospital admissions. Another aim was to assess the potential impact of a comprehensive medication review conducted by clinical pharmacists as part of a health care team on quality of patients’ drug therapy and drug-related hospital readmission rates. Method: Long-term use of antipsychotic/psychotropic drugs and associated factors were investigated among 344 and 278 people respectively with dementia living in specialized care units. Trends in the prescribing of potentially inappropriate drugs between 2007 and 2013, comprising 2772 and 1902 people, living in nursing homes in the county of Västerbotten, were assessed using six national quality indicators. Data on drug use, function in the activities of daily living, cognitive function and behavioral and psychological symptoms were collected using the Multi-Dimensional Dementia Assessment Scale. Further, an investigation of a separate corresponding population from 2012 was done, where potentially inappropriate drug use was measured before and after a total of 895 medication reviews. Finally, a randomized, controlled trial was carried out among people 65 years or older with dementia or cognitive impairment in internal medicine and orthopedic wards at two hospitals in northern Sweden. The proportion of hospital admissions that were drug-related were estimated, and also whether comprehensive medication reviews conducted by clinical pharmacists as part of a health care team could affect the risk of drug-related hospital readmissions. Results: Antipsychotic and other psychotropic drugs were frequently prescribed to people with dementia living in specialized care units for prolonged periods. Associations were found between behavioral and psychological symptoms and different psychotropic drugs. The extent of potentially inappropriate drug use declined between 2007 and 2013. In the separate corresponding population from 2012, the frequency of potentially inappropriate drug use was significantly reduced among people who underwent medication reviews. Hospitalizations due to drug-related problems among old people with dementia or cognitive impairment were prevalent. We found that inclusion of a clinical pharmacist in the health care team significantly reduced the risk of drug-related 30-day and 180-day readmissions. However, in a subset of patients with concomitant heart failure no effect was seen. Conclusion: Among patients with dementia or cognitive impairment long-term treatment with antipsychotic and other psychotropic drugs is common. The results indicate that these drugs are prescribed to treat behavioral and psychological symptoms among cognitively impaired individuals, despite limited evidence of their efficacy and the high risk of adverse effects. Drug-related problems, such as adverse drug reactions, constituted a major cause of hospital admissions. By reducing potentially inappropriate drug use and optimizing overall drug therapy, inclusion of clinical pharmacists in a health care team might improve the quality of patient care and reduce the risk of hospital readmissions among people with dementia.

O ritmo intenso do envelhecimento populacional no Brasil tem levado a questionamentos sobre o impacto das mudanças demográficas em diferentes âmbitos da Seguridade Social, dentre os quais destacamos a área da saúde e, mais especificamente, as Unidades de Terapia Intensiva. Os avanços representados pelos princípios do Sistema Único de Saúde, a criação do Estatuto do Idoso e a preocupação com os direitos humanos tornam urgentes reflexões sobre o que se coloca como desafio no atendimento médico à população idosa em UTI. Médicos intensivistas têm sua atuação marcada, dentre outros fatores, pelos sentidos que atribuem à fase da vida e a visão que têm de seus pacientes idosos. Esta pesquisa teve por objetivo compreender quais os sentidos que médicos que atuam em UTI atribuem a velho/velhice/envelhecimento e suas relações com as práticas de assistência prestada aos pacientes idosos. Trata-se de pesquisa qualitativa, realizada por meio de observação participante de reuniões de equipes que atuam em UTI de um hospital escola na cidade de São Paulo, e de entrevistas com médicos que compõem estas equipes. Os dados foram analisados sob a ótica Construcionista. Os resultados apontam para a existência de uma polissemia relacionada à velhice, incluindo sentidos que podem produzir práticas idadistas quando não há uma postura reflexiva dos profissionais a respeito do tema, ou quando conflitos decorrentes da complexidade que envolve o atendimento hospitalar em diferentes contextos econômicos se impõem aos profissionais, dificultando o diálogo entre os envolvidos mais diretamente na situação de internação (profissionais da saúde, pacientes, familiares, cuidadores, gestores). Essa nova realidade demográfica deve ser discutida na formação profissional, envolvendo as novas e diferentes demandas da população idosa. Relacioná-las ao respeito ao direito humano à vida e à dignidade, e aos sentidos atribuídos aos profissionais à essa fase da vida, aos velhos e ao processo de envelhecimento, bem como à forma como esses sentidos são produzidos e os seus contextos de produção, pode contribuir para que práticas de exclusão não se (re)produzam. / The intense pace of population aging in Brazil has led to questions about the impact of demographic changes on different aspects of Social Security, among which we highlight the area of health and, more specifically, the Intensive Care Units (ICU). The advances represented by the principles of the Unified Health System (SUS), the creation of the Elderly Statute and the concerns for Human Rights, have sped up reflections on what it is a challenge in the medical care to old people population in the ICU. Intensive care physicians have marked their performance, among other factors, by the meanings they attribute to this stage of life and by the vision they have of their elderly patients. This research aimed to explain which are the meanings attributed by that physicians working in ICUs to old/old people/aging, and their relationship to practical assistance provided to elderly patients. This is a qualitative research, resulting from the participatory observations of teams working at ICU in a university hospital in São Paulo, and from interviews with the physicians who take part in these teams. Data have been analyzed from the constructionist perspective. The results signalize to the existence of an age-related polysemy, including meanings that may produce ageist practices when there is a lack of reflexive posture of professionals about the subject, or when conflicts arising from the complexity that involves inpatient care in different economic contexts are imposed to professionals, impeding the dialogue among those involved more directly in the hospitalization (healthcare professionals, patients, family members, caregivers, managers). This new demographic reality should be discussed during professional training, involving new and different demands of the elderly population. Relate those demands to the respect to the human rights, to life and dignity, and to the meanings attributed by the professionals to this stage of life, to the old people and to the aging process, as well as to the way these meanings are produced and their contexts of production, can contribute to impede the re(production) of exclusionary practices.

This thesis deals with problems of media literacy of older people. Its main goal is to capture the way seniors can reflect and evaluate new media. It does not attempt to provide specific and universally valid reply to observed problems, but the intention of the work is rather to understand phenomena and conditions of the problems. The text is therefore divided into three main sections: theoretical, practical and analytical. In the theoretical part key information and concepts associated with communication, media literacy, and age and growing old are introduced. Special attention is paid to the description of relationship between seniors and new media. The practical part is devoted to qualitative research. Information about the way older respondents use and evaluate new media is acquired through semi-standardized depth interviews. The analytical part results from the findings presented in the previous two sections. It serves not only as major conclusions of the work but also as notes and recommendation for further studies or researches. All relevant and essential facts are summarized in the conclusion of the paper.