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INFORMATION NEEDS AND PROVISION TO
THE ELDERLY PEOPLE
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the study
A common focus of the
information behaviour literature is on how the target populations seek and use
information to meet their need. Information seeking behaviour deals with the
psychological behaviour of the seeker, which involves the searching, locating,
retrieving and using of information (Karunarathna, 2008).
Everyone needs
information to survive and strive in this 21st century, just as doctors need
information to treat patients, lawyers to handle cases, teachers need
information to prepare lesson notes, teach their students and prepare them for
a career ahead of them, the elderly also requires much information to stay
healthy, make informed choices and to remain current with news and happenings
around them. The information needs of the elderly population, particularly in
rural areas, have scarcely been investigated by researchers and are very poorly
covered in the literatures of information science (Zou & Zhou, 2014).
According to WHO (2015)
most developed countries of the world have accepted the chronological age of 65
years as a definition of elderly or older person. It is well known that the
world’s population is ageing, with more developed regions leading this trend.
This is due to increasing survival to older ages as well as smaller numbers of
birth (United Nations Population Division, 1998). In some parts of Nigeria,
most frail elderly people lived in the community supported by family and
friends. In the United States for example, the older population--persons 65
years or older--numbered 39.6 million .They represented 12.9% of the U.S. population,
about one in every eight Americans. By 2030, there will be about 72.1 million
older persons, more than twice their number in 2000. (U.S Department of Health
and Human Services, 2012).
1.2 Statement
of the problem
There
may have been previous researches in this subject. This work gives further
explanations and analysis in information
needs and provision to the elderly people. The elderly are usually inquisitive and this prompts their search
for information. They want to know more about their health condition, current
happenings around them, technologies that could assist them etc. Bruce (2005)
states that, "information plays
a significant role in our daily
professional and personal lives and we are constantly challenged to take
charge of the
information that we
need for work,
fun and everyday
decisions and tasks”.
The elderly like their younger counterparts requires information to meet
their day-to-day needs. This study is therefore aimed at determining the
information seeking behaviour of the elderly with a view to improving their
searching skills, identify the challenges they face while searching for
information and proffer possible solutions to them.
1.3 Objectives of the
Study
This study sought to
establish ways of enhancing the information- seeking behaviour of the elderly.
To attain this goal, the study stipulated the following objectives:
• To find out the sources of information the
elderly are familiar with.
• To identify their information needs.
• To know the use they put the information
obtained.
• To establish the problems that the elderly
encounter in information seeking.
1.4 Research Questions
For the purpose of this
research, the following questions have been formulated:
• What are the sources of information the
elderly are familiar with?
• What are the information needs of the
elderly?
• To what use the elderly put the information
they obtained.
• What are the factors militating against the
available and accessibility of information by the elderly?
1.5 Research hypothesis
H0:
There is no relationship between information needs provision and psychosocial
development and stability of elderly persons.
H1:
There is a relationship between information needs provision and psychosocial
development and stability of elderly persons.
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