Digital aging policies in korea

2013. 6. 25

Senior Researcher Jeong-hyeun Ko

(National Information Society Agency)

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DIGITAL SILVER

SMART SILVER

[silver+netizen]

[web+silver]

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SILVER SURFER

Ⅰ. Understanding of

Digital Aging

Efforts, policies, actions, businesses to

Lessen the risks and negative sides caused by

informatization, such as digital divide

By the help of IT to support seniors to live

independent & safe & active lives and enhance the

quality of life of them

And thus, contribute to solving the problems of aging

society

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Policy Domain

Target

Tool

Goal

u-care system

Smart house

Robots

Senior in need

(poor, sick, alone)

Social welfare

based on IT

Equipment

Education

Late starter,

Average senior internet user

Closing

Digital Divide

Job training

IT startup

Volunteering

Advanced senior internet user

Job creating

Social engagement

Safety & Health Digital Inclusion Productivity

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Ⅱ. Aging & Informatization

in Korea

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5

10

15

20

25

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2000 2010 2020 2030 0

year

%

NOW

Aging society Aged soc. super-Aged soc.

2018 2026

11.8%

14.3%

20.8%

7.2%

2000

12.69million

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65.2 32.3 Wireless Internet penetration

78.0 59.39 Internet penetration

74,817 1,771 Internet Banking users

78.5 49.36 PCs per 100 persons

35.4 21.8 Broadband Subscribers per 100 persons

2011 2002 Classification

(unit: %, 1000)

Source: Internet Statistics Information System 9

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5.2

10.1

11.9

16.5 17.6

19 20.1

21.8 22.9

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Trend of the Internet usage of the elderly

Elderly(60+, %)

Source: 2011 status survey of Internet usage(KISA)

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Internet useage

rate Age

78.4 Total

40~49

30~39

20~29

Source: 2011 status survey of Internet usage(KISA)

(unit: %, 1000)

Smart device

holding rate

50~59

60~69

70~

99.9

99.5

89.6

60.1

38.5

9.7

38,120

6,820

7,970

7,640

4,460

1,630

390

Internet users

63.7

91.0

87.5

72.3

46.8

23.4

6,500

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Ⅲ. Policies for Digital Aging

in Korea

※ MSIP(Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning), MW(Ministry of Health & Welfare)

Ministry

Specific Policies

Domain of Policy

u-care service for seniors living alone

USN-based remote health monitoring service

MSIP/MW

Welfare Service based on u-IT

Refurbished PCs ICT assistive

devices ICT-

accessibility ICT Training

MSIP

Closing Digital Divide

Senior IT Volunteer

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Goal • provide seniors living alone with home safety check service

and emergency rescue service

System • install electricity usage sensors, motion detection sensors,

and presence sensors in the house • build an Internet network-based monitoring and notification

system for related organizations such as health center, fire station

Achievements • a total of 48,514 elderly people’s house in 30 municipalities

(2008 ~11)

u-care service for seniors living alone

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u-care service for seniors living alone

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Goal

• provide medical services, including remote healthcare, remote consultation, and visiting nursing for chronic patients and people in under-served areas like remote mountain villages and islands by using u-IT

System

• build an environment for remote healthcare, which connects health organizations and hospitals

Achievements • Total of 5,700 remote treatments 2~3 times a week in 4

municipalities in 2010

USN-based remote health monitoring service

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USN-based remote health monitoring service

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Training Motivation

Social engagement Job creation

Equipment Accessibility

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Collecting used PCs from companies, organizations and replacing old components with new ones

Donating refurbished PCs to people in need(16,023 PCs to the elderly from 2004)

Developing ICT assistive devices (30 kinds from 2004)

Distributing them to the disabled and elderly(37,319, from 2003)

Provided by matching fund (80% government, 20% recipient)

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Establishment and revision of Korean Web Contents

Accessibility Guidelines

Establishment of Mobile Application Accessibility

Guidelines

Promotion

Training specialists

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2000 IT training through the Post Office

2001

Operating the IT training center for the Elderly

Online IC Training

2004 Senior IT Contest, Building the IT training facilities by MS contribution

2005 The Senior IT Volunteers Program

2006 Senior IT Startup program

2013 Operating the IT training center for the Elderly(50 centers)

Online IT Learning(11 curriculums)

The Senior IT Volunteers Program (21 teams, 100 seniors)

Senior IT Contest

2003 Development of Digital Contents

as of 2012, trained a total of more than 530 thousand seniors 21

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This program aims at bridging the digital divide and providing

the opportunity of IT talent donation

It is run by selected teams which are respectively composed

of 3 ~ 5 volunteers. (total 20 teams, 100 persons)

They are in general advanced internet users ages over 55.

Most of them are tutoring senior non internet users at senior

citizen center or trainee’s home.

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Seniors IT Volunteer Program

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Seniors IT Volunteer Program

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Seniors IT Volunteer Program

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Seniors IT Volunteer Program

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Seniors IT Volunteer Program

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Ⅳ. Conclusions

Ⅳ. Conclusions

Drastic improvement of the level of informatization of

seniors

Paving the way to practical implementing of digital aging

policies

Successful combination of welfare policy and IT policy

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Ⅳ. Conclusions

Keeping a balance between relatively more digital divide

policies, less welfare policies based on u-IT, and least

job creating and social engagement related policy.

Bridging the new digital divide, mobile digital divide.

Coping with adverse effects of information society

More intensive cooperation with private parts

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