Media

Background information

• ITU backgrounder: Digital technologies for healthy ageing
• ITU backgrounder: Accessibility to ICTs

Events

• AI for Good webinar: Harnessing the power of data to save lives, 17 May 2022, 16:00 – 18:00 CEST
• WSIS Forum: ICTs and older persons special track

Publications

• Ageing in a digital world
• Be He@lthy Be Mobile: A handbook on how to implement mDementia
• Global report on assistive technology by WHO and UNICEF

ITU News articles

• Health and well-being top digital benefits for older people
• Strengthening intergenerational bonds through tech
• E-health reaches Asia’s isolated older populations
• Helping those who help: Digital solutions for caregivers
• Could the real benefits of smart homes be in social care?
• Older adults join the fintech revolution
• Rethinking technology for the elderly in Spain
• ​Qatari Money Reader: Updated app empowers visually impaired and elderly​
• ​Digital health: The Golden Globes, the UN, and your best pitch
• Technology and older persons: Ageing in the digital era​
• UK councils deploy IoT in housing to boost safety and wellbeing
• Robots deliver digital skills training to Seoul’s senior citizens
• Technology for all mean​​s tapping into the ‘Silver Economy’ 

Media content

Watch all the videos for digital technologies for older persons and healthy ageing in the WTISD-22 playlist below:

Official documents

• ​ITU Secretary-General’s circular l​etter for Member States, Sector Members, Associates and Academia
  • CL-22/17
  • CL-21/58
• Connect 2030 Agenda​ ​​
• Resolution 200 (Rev. Dubai, 2018) – Connect 2030 Agenda for Global Telecommunication/ICT Development
• Resolution 175 (Rev. Dubai, 2018) Telecommunication/ ICT accessibility for persons with disabilities and persons with specific needs