{"id":158009,"date":"2025-06-04T17:07:17","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T17:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/158009\/"},"modified":"2025-06-04T17:07:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T17:07:17","slug":"most-over-65s-in-switzerland-regularly-use-the-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/158009\/","title":{"rendered":"Most over-65s in Switzerland regularly use the internet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img fetchpriority=\"high\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/28e326be235126d1e51a0c6bb4b1de8de33431d7-89460169.jpg\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" alt=\"Almost all people over 65 use the internet\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                According to the &#8220;Digital Seniors 2025&#8221; study by Pro Senectute, 88% of 65-74 year-olds have basic digital skills.             <\/p>\n<p>            Keystone-SDA        <\/p>\n<p>            Listen to the article        <\/p>\n<p>            Listening the article        <\/p>\n<p>                Toggle language selector            <\/p>\n<ul class=\"read-aloud\/track-selector__options\">\n<li>\n<p>                            English (US)                        <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>                            English (British)                        <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>            Generated with artificial intelligence.        <\/p>\n<p>        The digital divide is narrowing faster than expected in Switzerland. A study published on Wednesday reveals that nine out of ten over-65s regularly use the internet. However, access to the digital world for the over-85s is much more difficult.\n<\/p>\n<p>        This content was published on    <\/p>\n<p>        June 4, 2025 &#8211; 16:31\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/latest-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>+Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to the \u201cDigital Seniors 2025\u201d study by Pro Senectute, 88% of 65-74 year-olds have basic digital skills. This is more than double the figure of the first survey in 2010. For the 75-84 age group, the proportion is 71%. By contrast, the over-85s are much worse off (43%).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe estimate that there will always be 5-10% of the very elderly population who will not be connected or who will no longer be connected for health reasons linked to old age,\u201d said Peter Burri Follath, head of communications at Pro Senectute Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p>\n    More<\/p>\n<p>    <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/d9163a87f82d5ec1de0e91a54e533ecf-87420306.jpg\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" alt=\"Swiss population continues to grow older\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        More    <\/p>\n<p>        Swiss population continues to grow older    <\/p>\n<p class=\"teaser-wide-card__excerpt\">\n<p>                        This content was published on                    <\/p>\n<p>                        Aug 22, 2024                    <\/p>\n<p>                The number of older people in Switzerland is continuing to rise.            <\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"teaser-wide-card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/aging-society\/more-and-more-older-people-are-living-in-switzerland\/87414790\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>            Read more: Swiss population continues to grow older<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must continue to take these people into account. And we must also respect the choice of some older people not to use digital technologies,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>No more TV or paper newspapers<\/p>\n<p>The study reveals that for the first time, more older people are getting their information from digital devices such as smartphones, tablets and computers (33%) than from traditional media such as television (30%), the written press (22%) or radio (15%).<\/p>\n<p>\n    More<\/p>\n<p>    <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/d66130dd91a5e9f28defc1f37af440fe-87437958.jpg\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" alt=\"Swiss people only feel old from the age of 80\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        More    <\/p>\n<p>        Swiss people only feel old from the age of 80    <\/p>\n<p class=\"teaser-wide-card__excerpt\">\n<p>                        This content was published on                    <\/p>\n<p>                        Aug 26, 2024                    <\/p>\n<p>                The final \u2018fourth stage\u2019 of life starts later in Switzerland, according to a survey of personal sentiment.            <\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"teaser-wide-card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/aging-society\/swiss-people-only-feel-old-from-the-age-of-80\/87438761\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>            Read more: Swiss people only feel old from the age of 80<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are surprised at the pace of this shift. It is absolutely essential that public services such as the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC), Swiss Federal Railways or Swiss Post take in account these changing habits in terms of information channels,\u201d said Burri Follath.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, every week Pro Senectute receives complaints about the disappearance of physical counters to serve customers, Burri told the Keystone-ATS news agency. <\/p>\n<p>To help people use online services in complete safety, Pro Senectute points out that its cantonal sections are offering increased support tailored to the individual needs of senior citizens.<\/p>\n<p>Translated from German by DeepL\/sb<\/p>\n<p>                How we use technology to translate            <\/p>\n<p>We select the most relevant news for an international audience and use automatic translation tools to translate them into English. A journalist then reviews the translation for clarity and accuracy before publication.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Providing you with automatically translated news gives us the time to write more in-depth articles. The news stories we select have been written and carefully fact-checked by an external editorial team from news agencies such as Bloomberg or Keystone.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions about how we work, write to us at english@swissinfo.ch<\/p>\n<p>        Articles in this story    <\/p>\n<p>    <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/e477d91062930e03ae7d73b991e6edcefa2182a9-89460265.jpg\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" alt=\"Karin Keller-Sutter will no longer be able to speak English to counterparts\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        More    <\/p>\n<p>        Will Swiss president be forbidden from speaking English to counterparts?    <\/p>\n<p class=\"teaser-wide-card__excerpt\">\n<p>                        This content was published on                    <\/p>\n<p>                        Jun 4, 2025                    <\/p>\n<p>                Switzerland&#8217;s president, Karin Keller-Sutter, should use one of the country&#8217;s four national languages when communicating with international organisations, and not English, according to a motion that passed on Wednesday.            <\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"teaser-wide-card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/swiss-politics\/will-swiss-president-be-forbidden-from-speaking-english-to-counterparts\/89461413?utm_source=multiple&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_campaign=news_en&amp;utm_content=o&amp;utm_term=wpblock_news\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>            Read more: Will Swiss president be forbidden from speaking English to counterparts?<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/90ee4d718a45cae3a626372db53bef48d7df6fb4-89460711.jpg\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" alt=\"Valais Council of State: 10 million for the people of Blatten\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        More    <\/p>\n<p>        Canton Valais gives CHF10 million to Blatten after devastating landslide    <\/p>\n<p class=\"teaser-wide-card__excerpt\">\n<p>                        This content was published on                    <\/p>\n<p>                        Jun 4, 2025                    <\/p>\n<p>                Canton Valais is releasing CHF10 million ($12.1 million) in emergency funds for the mountain village of Blatten, which was wiped out by a devastating glacier collapse last week.            <\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"teaser-wide-card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/climate-solutions\/canton-valais-gives-chf10-million-to-blatten-after-devastating-landslide\/89460964?utm_source=multiple&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_campaign=news_en&amp;utm_content=o&amp;utm_term=wpblock_news\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>            Read more: Canton Valais gives CHF10 million to Blatten after devastating landslide<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ff5c9841376925c10f352897514266447c827b73-89460309.jpg\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" alt=\"81-year-old Swiss man is in Tunisian prison\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        More    <\/p>\n<p>        Elderly Swiss-Tunisian man held in prison in Tunisia    <\/p>\n<p class=\"teaser-wide-card__excerpt\">\n<p>                        This content was published on                    <\/p>\n<p>                        Jun 4, 2025                    <\/p>\n<p>                An 81-year-old Swiss-Tunisian dual national is being held in a Tunisian prison. 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