How it gives elderly people independence

The internet can help elderly people because they can do there own food shopping, play bingo and card games if they haven’t got nothing else to do. The internet is really good for old people because you can find out useful information like, how to cook a certain meal or what ingredients they need. If an elderly person was hoping to get something but didn’t know how to get it or didn’t understand it then they could simply research the name of the product and within a matter of seconds they will understand. People consider everyday living with a small but varied Purposive sample of people with high support needs. Below this is some evidence to back up my answers:

·         Recognises the importance of individuality for people with Challenging lives.

·         suggests a framework for eliciting views from people with communication difficulties

·         presents emerging themes and identifies implications for older people themselves, policy makers and commissioners, practitioners and researchers

I got this information from this website: http://www.jrf.org.uk/sites/files/jrf/older-people-and-high-support-needs-full.pdf