"While Internet rates among seniors are likely to increase significantly as baby boomers (who are already online in much higher numbers) join the ranks of senior citizens, those who are not already online don’t seem inclined to change."

My Experience

My grandparents are a perfect example (Grandfather in above picture on the right). They purchased a computer, but they use it for basic purposed. E-mail and travel. They have a digital camera and still print and mail everyone the photos that they have taken. Everyone keeps telling them to email the pictures, they just shrug it off. They like going to get their pictures developed and like the interaction with the people. The internet is used mainly as a means for communicating with family and friends, not as a information source or tool.

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e - H e a l t h a n d t h e E l d e r l y : H o w S e n i o r s U s e t h e I n t e r n e t
f o r H e a l t h I n f o r m at i o n. http://www.kff.org/entmedia/upload/e-Health-and-the-Elderly-How-Seniors-Use-the-Internet-for-Health-Information-Key-Findings-From-a-National-Survey-of-Older-Americans-Survey-Report.pdf