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Nearly 22 million American seniors don’t have broadband internet at home, according to a report by Older Adults Technology Services, a seniors advocacy nonprofit.

But for Kamber, the figure that’s even more upsetting is one published in a recent OATS research study called The Aging Connected Report, which found that a staggering 22 million American seniors do not have wireline broadband access at home.

While many people have been separated from their older parents during the pandemic, it’s possible to stay connected until it’s safe to meet in person again. NBC News investigative and consumer correspondent Vicky Nguyen shares tips to take care of your loved ones from afar.

A study by Older Adults Technology Services (OATS), in partnership with the Humana Association, found that nearly 22 million older Americans lack high-speed internet access at home – a problem that has become increasingly critical during the pandemic. 

“We’re running into a crisis where connectivity is a life-or-death alternative for people,” said Tom Kamber, the executive director of Older Adults Technology Services, a nonprofit that trains seniors to use technology. “It couldn’t get much more stark than people being told, ‘If you go outside, you’re likely to be at risk of dying.’”

Nearly 22 million, or 42% of Americans 65 and older, lack broadband at home, according to a 2021 study from nonprofit Older Adults Technology Services. Low-income and Black and Latino older adults are more likely to be left out, the study says.

A report from OATS and Humana notes that the gap in “digital connectivity among older adults is a public health and social justice crisis.”

Para beneficio de millones de personas mayores AARP unió esfuerzos con Older Adults Technology Services (OATS), una organización de beneficencia con sede en Nueva York, con el fin de asistir a esta parte de la población “a prosperar en el mundo digital, y a utilizar tecnología de formas que mejoren su participación social y cívica, su seguridad financiera, su salud y su creatividad”, según informó la organización a través de un comunicado de prensa.

A January report on older adults’ computer connectivity sheds more light: nearly 22 million U.S. seniors 65 or older – 42% of that group – do not have broadband access, according to the study by Older Adults Technology Services and the Humana Foundation.

An estimated 42 percent of Americans over the age of 65 don’t even have a wired broadband Internet connection at home, according to a new report.

Beyond Senior Planet, OATS launched Aging Connected, which aims to get one million older adults online. It provides tablets, along with training and technical support, to 10,000 older residents of New York City Housing Authority communities.

Two in five seniors do not have internet access. That means 20 million older adults don’t have access to resources needed during the pandemic. Experts at OATS talk about how we can get seniors connected.

On this episode of Connected Nation,  we examine groundbreaking research that looks at Digital Isolation among older Americans.  We talk with those behind the report which found that 22 million U.S. seniors lack the high-speed internet access they need — and thanks to the pandemic — it’s a connectivity problem that this report shows has had devastating effects. 

Though internet use among seniors is on the rise, nearly 22 million seniors, or 42% of the nation’s over-65 population, lack broadband access at home, according to a January report from Older Adults Technology Services, a nonprofit affiliate of AARP.

“The data is clear: older adults have been falling increasingly behind in digital connectivity, which negatively affects their overall health and well-being,” said Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY, in a statement released Wednesday.

Ninety-seven percent of physician practices reported a drop in care volume by early April 2020 due to COVID-19, and that first wave of care deferrals offers lessons in managing the impacts of the current surge, according to a new report.

Tens of millions of America’s seniors don’t have access to broadband internet, according to a new study.

The buzz about broadband and older adults has grown louder since the start of the pandemic — which worsened social isolation for so many older adults. A just-released report sponsored by the Humana Foundation and OATS called Aging Connected, made the case that nearly 22 million seniors (age 65+)  lack wireline broadband access at home. 

Twenty million U.S. seniors lack a high-speed wired connection to the internet, according to a new study by the nonprofit Older Adults Technology Services (OATS), which works to get seniors access to the internet.

Older Adults Technology Services, Inc. (OATS), in partnership with the Humana Foundation, today released a new report that for the first time quantifies the size and degree of the digital isolation crisis among seniors in the United States, finding nearly 22 million older Americans continue to lack broadband access at home.

Almost 22 million older Americans lack wireline broadband access at home, according to a report about seniors and the digital divide commissioned by Older Adults Technology Services Inc. (OATS) and the Humana Foundation. The two organizations also said that they are mounting a campaign that aims to bring high speed internet to a million unconnected seniors by 2022.

Older Adults Technology Services, Inc. (OATS), in partnership with the Humana Foundation, today released a new report that for the first time quantifies the size and degree of the digital isolation crisis among seniors in the United States, finding nearly 22 million older Americans continue to lack broadband access at home.

Older Adults Technology Services, Inc. (OATS), in partnership with the Humana Foundation, today released a new report that for the first time quantifies the size and degree of the digital isolation crisis among seniors in the United States, finding nearly 22 million older Americans continue to lack broadband access at home.