Many seniors first go online to stay in touch with grandchildren.
From there a high percentage discover the Web where literally at their fingertips they find an astonishing array of information on such subjects as travel, health, genealogy, gardening, investment and retirement planning. They allow you to form new friendships and become more intellectually mobile. Compared to only two years ago when you needed your own computer to go online, today there is a fairly widespread number of computers with Internet access at libraries and community centres. Indeed the issue for many seniors today is not fear of new technology but rather having affordable access to learning, equipment, and computer application programs.