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With the elderly now advised to think twice before celebrating Christmas with friends and family, technology has never been more vital.
The problem is my in-laws, David, 79, and Jeannette, 78, live in Dorset nearly 130 miles from me and my partner Perry in Surrey, so they need tech they can set up and use by themselves. The last time we tried to FaceTime, all I saw was David’s ear and a quick glimpse of Jeanette cleaning the kitchen.
Only 41 per cent of over-75s use a computer and 31 per cent a tablet, Ofcom reported last year.
‘It’s very difficult, not having been brought up with computers,’ confesses David, who has been married to Jeanette for 60 years. ‘Nearly all devices are designed in swanky offices in California by people under 35,’ says Miles Waghorn, founder of techsilver.co.uk, which sells gadgets for older people.