With the aging of the population and the deepening of digitalization, the penetration of digital technology into the lives of the elderly is becoming more and more obvious. The elderly are separated from the core area of the digital society and cannot get rid of various digital barriers such as mobile payment, digital healthcare, and online car-hailing, which has led to the emergence of the problem of the digital divide among the elderly, and also caused the elderly to be unable to truly enjoy the convenient life brought by scientific and technological progress.
In order to better improve the sense of safety and happiness of the elderly, solidly promote the joint creation of a better environment and a happy life, and truly share the fruits of development with the whole people, on the morning of December 14, 2023, the Yangtze Community of Yiyuan Street, Jiang'an District, Wuhan City, together with the Jiang'an District Office on Aging and Wuhan Wanqingfeng Elderly and Disability Service Center, launched the "Smart Travel Volunteer Service Action" to explain the use of smartphone software for the elderly in the community and help the elderly in the community cross the "digital divide".
The party members and comrades of the community jurisdiction units actively signed up to become volunteers to help the elderly, and instructed the elderly on how to use the online taxi platform to call a taxi, how to make Alipay, WeChat and other scan code payments, and the elderly residents on the scene were full of interest and took out their mobile phones to learn Xi seriously. A mother-in-law said happily: "In the future, you don't need to bring money when you go out to buy groceries, it is enough to have a mobile phone." I can also get my own car to the supermarket and no longer have to wait for my kids to drive me! ”
The staff of the Yangtze community said that the community will continue to pay attention to the needs of the elderly, further promote co-creation activities, expand the coverage of sharing development results, and actively carry out various volunteer activities, so as to effectively open up the "first mile" of travel for the elderly, so that they can share the smart travel mode of "walking and walking freely". (Photo, text Wu Xuan) Wuhan with the photo