A Literature Review

The rapid development of technology is on the same pace as the growth of elderly in the world. Older people is being considered as a digitally excluded group of the society. The communication technology, computer and Internet are the most demanded part of society to elderly and it is the responsible of society to act for ‘Successful Ageing ’ or ‘Active Ageing’, which is key for quality of life of elderly. The aim of the thesis is to determine the attitude of elderly towards information and communication technology (ICT) and the motivation of elderly towards ICT. The study has two questions: 1.What are the factor influencing the use of ICT among elderly people? 2. What are the aspect affecting the attitude of elderly towards ICT?. The method used in the study is qualitative content analysis. The data were collected from scientific databases CINAHL (EBSCO) and PUMED with using the keywords. The information gathered from the data (articles) helped in formation of categories and subcategories on the basis of research questions. The result revealed that the benefits of ICT, limitation among elderly and attitude of elderly are the main factors influencing the use of ICT by elderly and the social interaction is the core benefits of using ICT among elderly, in a mean while ageing is on