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Materials and Method

This research analyses data from an experimental group of age friendly students.
This data consists of 49 respondents from convenient, demographically
representative sample of age friendly students. The main objective of this study is
to help the senior citizens to use social media to build relationships and to introduce
them with the facilities of e-governance, e-banking, online payments and purchase
which make them feel more independent and capable in their old age. This study
also intends to give them opportunity to come together, one to one interaction
among teacher-learner group, youthful ambience of the setting, and independent
choice of learning matters useful in life.
The design adopted for the study was experimental design- pre and post-test without
control group. Subjective wellbeing of elderly was assessed at the time of admission.
The intervention was a three month computer course and other socializing
programmes offered by the college. The post assessment of subjective wellbeing
of elderly was assessed after the course completion.

Diagram 1
Diagrammatic representation of subjective wellbeing assessment

Pre assessment of Age friendly programmes- Post assessment of
subjective wellbeing 1. One to one teaching subjective wellbeing
of elderly at the time learning programme of of elderly was
of admission of J computer and smart J assessed after one
computer course phone training week of intervention
2. Socializing activities
like arts and sports day
celebration, festival
celebration, picnics.
3. Follow up- festival
celebration

Phase 1- Pre assessment

The subjective well-being of elderly was assessed using a five item scale developed
by WHO before commencement of course.Any strategy requires a technology for
first assessing and then detecting increments of progress. And it requires accurate
and appropriate assessment tools that can be introduced through the educational
process (Kane & Kane, 1984).

Adelaide Journal of Social Work, 4:1 (2017) : 128-137