In Europe a large number of citizens are still not eIncluded because they lack the necessary eSkills. The digital divide is especially true for the third agers. According to Eurostats (2011) about a quarter the EU-27 population aged 16 to 74 years old have never used the Internet, the 55 to 74 old group only 40 % have at least once a week access to the Internet and for example in Germany the group of older users above 70 years, only 28.2 % use the Internet regularly (Initiative D21, 2012). The main reasons for this situation are lack of awareness about the potentials, as well as economic and technical barriers. Seniors lack the necessary eSkills; they fear the high technological requirements for the handling of standard devices to access the Internet and in some cases they are not aware of the chances the Internet can give to them. The advantages Internet access can provide for people have been largely documented and each of us can identify a large number of these, but for seniors the opportunities are even greater.
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