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Online health information has the potential to become an important resource for seniors “but it's not there yet,” the Kaiser Family Foundation reported in a survey of 1,450 adults aged 50 and older.
Of the 583 respondents aged 65 and older, less than a third had ever gone online. But more than two-thirds of the next generation of seniors (50-64 years) has done so, indicating that online resources may soon play a much larger role among older Americans. Seniors whose annual household income is under $20,000 a year are much less likely to have gone online (15%) as opposed to those with incomes of $50,000 or more (65%).
“We know that the Internet can be a great health tool for seniors, but the majority are lower-income, less well-educated, and not online,” said Drew Altman, the foundation's president and chief executive officer.
Online health information has the potential to become an important resource for seniors “but it's not there yet,” the Kaiser Family Foundation reported in a survey of 1,450 adults aged 50 and older.
Of the 583 respondents aged 65 and older, less than a third had ever gone online. But more than two-thirds of the next generation of seniors (50-64 years) has done so, indicating that online resources may soon play a much larger role among older Americans. Seniors whose annual household income is under $20,000 a year are much less likely to have gone online (15%) as opposed to those with incomes of $50,000 or more (65%).
“We know that the Internet can be a great health tool for seniors, but the majority are lower-income, less well-educated, and not online,” said Drew Altman, the foundation's president and chief executive officer.
Online health information has the potential to become an important resource for seniors “but it's not there yet,” the Kaiser Family Foundation reported in a survey of 1,450 adults aged 50 and older.
Of the 583 respondents aged 65 and older, less than a third had ever gone online. But more than two-thirds of the next generation of seniors (50-64 years) has done so, indicating that online resources may soon play a much larger role among older Americans. Seniors whose annual household income is under $20,000 a year are much less likely to have gone online (15%) as opposed to those with incomes of $50,000 or more (65%).
“We know that the Internet can be a great health tool for seniors, but the majority are lower-income, less well-educated, and not online,” said Drew Altman, the foundation's president and chief executive officer.