Digital technologies have the capacity to contribute to the health, social and physical wellbeing of the elderly. Based on empirical data, the use of digital technologies is not wholly embraced by the elderly. Factors preventing the use of these digital technologies include poverty, poor health or disability, social isolation and lack of access. Though there are policies set in place to promote the engagement of the elderly with digital technologies, they fail to incorporate the need to promote the awareness and the benefits of digital technologies to the elderly using an approach that directly considers their needs, social and physical capabilities. This paper thus examines the limitations as well as the benefits of the use of digital technologies by the elderly. By so doing it seeks to proffer a solution aimed at promoting acceptance and the usage of digital technology by the elderly.
