Attitudes of 60+ refreshment üniversity students towards the use of gerontechnological products: An example of Antalya

Objective: The aim of this research is to find out what level of use rates of gerontechnological products are, what factors are effective and how their attitudes towards use of gerontechnological products are in 60+ Refresher University which is a lifelong education program Method: Quantitative research method was used in the research. The data were collected by questionnaire technique. Kruskal Wallis and Mann Whitney U tests were performed. Factor analysis was applied to deter-mine the attitudes of the participants towards the use of gerontechnological products. Correlation analysis was used to determine the relationship between the use of gerontechnological products and attitudes towards gerontechnological tools. Results: The most used products in gerontechnological product use; 95.9% of home daily life technologies, remote control devices, 98.4% of communication technologies, mobile phones / mobile phones, 73.3% of medical technologies, electric sphygmomanometers, 62.9% of education and recreation technologies are the majority. One of the sub-components of the factor is "I am afraid to use technology for fear of making a mistake I cannot correct" is the component with the highest average. Conclusion: The most commonly used tools and equipment in the use of gerontechnological products; mobile phone, remote devices, electric sphygmomanometer and digital camera. Age, education, economic status, employment status and health status are effective in the use of gerontechnological products. In their attitudes towards the use of gerontechnological products; There are four main issues: perceived usefulness in technology, perception of using technology, access to technology and anxiety about transportation and use of technology. It has been revealed that gerontechnological product usage is high and anxiety about using technology increases as product usage increases. Key words: Old age, Aging, Gerontechnology, Life Long Education