Playing with mobile phones for a long time can easily cause dry eyes, back pain, and venous thrombosis in the lower extremities.
"Silver-haired people" should also prevent internet addiction (Health Express (Stop 69))
In daily life, more and more elderly people "touch the Internet" and become trapped in them, becoming "silver-haired people with bowed heads".
Why are old people addicted to using mobile phones?
What are the effects of prolonged surfing on their physical and mental health?
How to make the "silver-haired people" healthy?
When aging meets digitalization, these issues are worthy of our attention and reflection.
Every day I opened my eyes and touched the phone next to my pillow, watching dramas, online shopping, watching live broadcasts, and playing games. The background sounds of brainwashing in short videos and the endless loop of magic laughter... These were once regarded as "Internet addicted teenagers." "The performance of "has now become a true portrayal of many "silver-haired people."
When aging meets digitalization, the digital divide and overuse of the Internet coexist
"In the past, parents didn't know how to use mobile phones, so it was inconvenient to do anything." Xiaoyang of Shandong Dezhou told reporters that in order to keep his parents from falling behind in the digital age, he spent a long time teaching his parents how to use social software, use the Internet to take taxis, Online registration, etc. greatly facilitate the lives of parents.
The "Survey Report on Short Video Usage of Middle-aged and Elderly People" jointly released by the Population and Development Research Center of Renmin University of China and Douyin shows that in reality, there are a large number of elderly people due to their relatively low level of education and weak ability to accept new things. , Falling into the dilemma of "difficult to use the Internet", no Internet equipment, no access to the Internet, no use of complex network functions, weak discriminating ability...The elderly group still faces many difficulties and challenges in the digital age.
At the same time, more and more elderly people use the Internet excessively.
"What I didn't expect was that it didn't take long for them to be'addicted', holding their mobile phones and playing for a whole day." Xiaoyang smiled bitterly, watching short videos, chasing dramas, playing games... Ever since I found it on the Internet My love, the old couple turns on the "swiping phone" mode whenever they have time. Sometimes at one or two late at night, they find their parents are still using the phone, "especially my dad, his eyes are flushed, and he is reluctant to sleep and is addicted to surfing the Internet. It's more than enough to be younger than a young man, what a bad person!"
The situation of Xiaoyang’s parents is not unique. Just on the Double Ninth Festival this year, the "2020 Elderly Internet Life Report" released by relevant platforms shows that there may be more than 100,000 elderly people in the country using mobile phones for more than 10 hours a day.
The report pointed out that elderly users over 60 years of age use an information APP for an average of 64.8 minutes per day, which is higher than the average user level; mobile phones have become important information and entertainment tools in the daily life of the elderly, including information, small videos, novels, and small videos. Games and other functions have become the sustenance and dependence of many elderly people in their lives.
Moderate Internet access is good for physical and mental health, but too much
Why are more and more elderly people addicted to the Internet?
"The free time of the elderly becomes longer after retirement, the social network is reduced, the lack of children's companionship and care, widowed living alone, intergenerational gaps and other realities, make the spiritual world of some elderly people empty and feel lonely in their hearts." Chinese Medical Association for Elderly Wang Jianye, chairman of the Medical Branch and the former president of Beijing Hospital, pointed out that these elderly people tend to use the Internet as their emotional outlet, showing a higher online stickiness than young people.
According to Jin Yongai, associate professor of the School of Social and Population Studies at Renmin University of China, compared with young people who have grown up in the Internet environment, the elderly have shorter access to the Internet, and the Internet brings them more novelty than young people, so they are more Easy to indulge in it.
What are the effects of prolonged surfing on the physical and mental health of the elderly?
"The first thing that affects the eyes is the eyes." Wang Jianye pointed out that as the elderly are getting older, their ability to adjust their eyesight is reduced, their eyes are prone to fatigue, and recovery from fatigue is relatively slow. Staring at electronic screens for a long time not only easily leads to eye fatigue and loss of vision. , It is also easy to cause dry eye syndrome and accelerate the development of eye diseases such as cataracts.
Experts remind the elderly to remember to use electronic products to a certain degree, pay attention to control the length of use, once the vision loss occurs, you should go to the hospital in time, and do not ignore eye health because of your age.
"Secondly, it affects the cervical spine and lumbar spine." Wang Jianye said that the elderly are mostly accompanied by cervical and lumbar spine diseases. Long-term bowing and bending will cause a burden on the cervical spine and lumbar spine. This also requires more attention.
"For the elderly, there is another very important problem-sedentary is likely to cause venous thrombosis in the lower extremities." Wang Jianye emphasized that the physical function of the elderly declines, and prolonged inactivity will slow down the blood circulation in the lower extremities and make blood easier. Condense and form a thrombus. "This should be paid special attention to. The elderly should avoid sedentary or other forms of immobility as much as possible. Once they find soreness or swelling of the lower limbs, it is best to seek medical treatment in time to avoid delaying the condition."
"Of course, the Internet is also a double-edged sword for the elderly." Wang Jianye said that the Internet should be viewed dialectically. Time to surf the Internet, and moderate Internet surfing is beneficial to the elderly to maintain their physical and mental health."
From being suitable for the elderly to helping the elderly, let the elderly enjoy the digital life
In the digital age, "silver-haired people" are not "outsiders".
While facing up to the convenience brought by the Internet to the lives of the elderly, we cannot ignore the harm caused by excessive Internet use. Only by allowing the elderly to enjoy a healthy high-tech life can they truly meet their expectations for a better life.
How to let the silver-haired people touch the net healthily?
Experts said that in order to answer this question, the government, Internet platforms, society, and families need to work together to complete the transition from being suitable for the elderly to helping the elderly and helping the elderly enjoy the digital life.
In recent years, in response to the practical difficulties faced by the elderly in the digital age, the state has frequently introduced policies to adapt to aging.
In 2020, the General Office of the State Council issued the "Implementation Plan on Effectively Solving the Difficulties of the Elderly in Using Intelligent Technology"; the National Office on Aging proposed that it will take three years to promote the construction of barrier-free information for the elderly and promote the transformation and upgrading of the whole society for aging... …Building a digital society more suitable for the elderly is gradually becoming a reality.
In order to help the elderly better integrate into the digital life, some Internet platforms are accelerating the development and transformation of aging products.
At present, Douyin has launched the "elder model" function, carrying out special management of middle-aged and elderly content, and cracking down on malicious inducement and fraud against middle-aged and elderly people.
In order to prevent the elderly from overusing the Internet, Douyin has launched a series of anti-addiction measures, such as the addition of the "time management" series of functions for the elderly, pop-up prompts or forced interruptions for all elderly users who have watched for a long time, and linkage with family members. Guide the elderly to develop good habits of using the Internet.
Kuaishou plans to launch the elder care model, produce short videos suitable for the learning skills of the elderly, and will also cooperate with relevant departments to launch offline anti-fraud activities, so that the elderly can use Internet products in a safer, more convenient and more assured manner.
"At the same time, we must also build an elderly-friendly society." Wang Jianye suggested that various places can create an elderly-friendly environment in terms of home life, community environment, health support, transportation, public services, etc., such as building more pocket parks in residential areas , So that the elderly have a place to exercise when they go out; grassroots organizations such as communities and neighborhoods give full play to their functions and organize the elderly in various ways through cultural, sports, reading, and volunteer activities to guide them out of the house to better meet their needs. Social needs.
"Of course, young people also have to go home often, chat with their elders more often, and take them more to travel and watch exhibitions if possible, so as to enrich the elderly's life in their later years."
Reporter: Wang Meihua