Digitalization is excluding elderly people and increasing loneliness. Especially when more supportive communication is needed, they are isolated from most social connections due to the digital divide. Elderly people are an important asset for our community, we cannot just leave them to one side, we have the commitment to innovate using technological challenges as an opportunity to drive positive social change.

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“Atenea is the personal assitant with voice conversation that helps elderly people to live independently in their homes. It is a virtual companion that copes with unwanted loneliness.”

Albert Isern

Founder and CEO at Momentum Analytics​

“We need tools like Atenea, so that no one is excluded from our community. Devices will never replace people, but we do not turn our backs on technological innovation. We need it!”

Pilar Rodríguez

Executive Manager at Grup ABD​

“The digital divide faced by elderly people in Catalonia is cause for concern. All the indicators available show disadvantages after the age of 65. Furthermore, among the older population as a whole, there is also a major digital divide: when data is available, it shows that the segment aged 75 and over is significantly behind that aged between 65 and 74 years old.” explained the person in charge of this report Mireia Fernández-Ardèvol, a member of the Faculty of Information and Communication Sciences at the UOC (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya) and a researcher in the Communication Networks and Social Change (CNSC) research group at the university’s Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3).

The elderly digital divide is growing fast and heavily impacting on daily activities like making medical appointments, doing banking correspondence, online shopping, and administrative procedures…Also making connections and having a social life is important for elderly, sometimes they need warm support for emotional concerns about mental health and loneliness.
This is the Atenea’s soul! People are at the centre of any digital evolution making our way of life more convenient, supporting social needs with AI to be more efficient whilst and learning from shortcomings. That is how a community grows healthy and powerful.

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