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	Home			Japan SeniorNet Presentation 【017】Again, since no two centers are exactly alike... 　 Again, since no two centers are exactly alike, these one week orientation and training sessions are customized to the unique circumstances of each. Since I have been in the position that these volunteers are in, I bring credibility that they can do what we jointly lay out. Almost all the groups express apprehension when I leave, but, without exception, they all rise to the challenge and meet their schedules. When we look back some months later, they all express wonderment that it went off so well. So, communication is the key element in both my responsibilities. We continue to seek ways to improve the communication, and I suspect some of these newer techniques and technologies will be part of that improvement. Before I close, let me talk for a moment on some Global Issues. SeniorNet is extremely concerned about the global implications of computer and Internet training for older adults. Currently, SeniorNet runs programs in the United States, and has affiliates in the United Kingdom and Sweden. SeniorNet USA also started the successful SeniorNet program in New Zealand. But our closest collaboration to date is with SeniorNet Japan. SeniorNet is most interested in our collaboration with Japan because of the huge demographic shifts that will be occurring over the next 15 years in both Japan and the United States. Currently, 17 percent of the Japanese population is over 65 years old. In the United States 13 percent of the population is over 65. Older adults will continue to be a larger and larger percentage of the population. According to estimates by the National Institute of Population and Social Security Research of Japan. Japanese over 65 will be 22 percent of the population by 2010 and 25 percent in 2015. An estimate for the United States are similar with increases about 4 percent below Japan. On-line usage patterns for older adults in Japan and the United States follow similar patterns in that older adults are a small, though growing, segment of the on-line community. According to a Japan Research Institute white paper about 8 percent of Japanese over 60 are on-line. The U.S. Census Bureau reports that in the U.S. 12 percent of those over 60 are online. Both of these percentages are significantly lower than for the general population. In the U.S., this has been called the Digital Divide.


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