Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the interviewed persons with mild impairment and informal caregivers
PA No | Groupa | Gender | Age | ICG (Yes/No, gender, age, relatedness) | Marital status | Education level | Former professional occupation | Digitally literated | Digital appliances | Digital activities | Tech support of (grand)children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | MCI | M | 70 | / | Married | HE | Interpreter & secretary | Yes | PC, mobile phone, TV | PC banking, reading newspaper, emailb | / |
2 | MCI | F | 90 | / | Widow | LSE | Secretary | No | PAS, TV | / | / |
3 | MCI | M | 77 | / | Married | LSE + HNDE | Head of workshop and administration | Yes | PC, smartphone, tablet, TV, car GPS | Playing card games, email, WhatsApp, online banking, online tax administration, making online medical appointments, GPS navigation | Daughter |
4 | MCI | M | 87 | / | Married | LSE | Civil servant | No | Mobile phone, TV | / | / |
5 | MCI | M | 83 | / | Widower | LSE | Joiner | Yes | PC, smartphone, TV, car GPS, | Playing card games, watching TV, email, Facebook, Messenger, internet searches, agenda app, GPS navigation | Grandson |
6 | MCI | M | 91 | / | Widower | LSE | Civil servant | Yes | PC, tablet, smartphone, PAS | Skype, email, playing PC puzzle games, internet searches | Son, Granddaughter |
7 | MCI | M | 76 | / | Married | HSE | Commercial engineer | Yes | PC, smartphone, tablet, TV | Online banking, email, WhatsApp, FindMyCar, Google Maps navigation, mobile calendar | Grandchildren |
8 | DEM | F | 75 | Yes, F, 51, daughter | Widow | LSE | Secretary & housewife | No | TV, mobile phone, PAS | Playing puzzle games | Daughter |
9 | DEM | F | 76 | Yes, M, 75, spouse | Married | LSE + HNDE | Administrative assistant | Yes | PC, TV, calendar clock | Playing card games | Spouse, daughter |
10 | DEM | M | 79 | No | Divorced | LSE | Independent food salesman | No | mobile phone, TV | / | / |
11 | DEM | M | 62 | Yes, F, 62, spouse | Married | HSE | Offset printing technician for 20y; helpdesk technician | Yes | Tablet, mobile tracking application, tracking keychain | Playing puzzle games | Spouse, daughter |
12 | DEM | F | 86 | Yes, F, 60, daughter | Widow | HE | Teacher & housewife | Yes | mobile phone, tablet, calendar clock | Browsing, Skypeb | Daughter |
13 | DEM | M | 67 | Yes, F, 63, spouse | Married | HE | Prevention advisor & energy consultant in educational services | Yes | mobile phone, tablet | Listening to music and reading the newspaper | Daughter |
14 | DEM | M | 56 | Yes, F, 55, spouse | Married | HE | IT-specialist | Yes | PC, TV, tablet, smartphone | Playing games on PC and smartphone | / |
15 | DEM | F | 76 | Yes, F, 50, daughter | Widow | HE | Teacher English-French in secondary education | No | TV, mobile phone, robotic lawnmower, PAS | / | / |
16 | ICGc | F | 67 | / | Married (spouse) | / | / | / | / | / | / |