| Sumario: | A special issue on aging and information technology. Topics discussed include a profile of the issue's guest editor, the promise and challenge of information technology as it affects older Americans, the challenges of information technology and population aging, the library as an example of information technology's effect on institutions, creating aging programs with online information technology, the role of communication technology in guaranteeing access to care in rural areas, the accessibility of technology to disabled people, special telephone features and add-on assistive products that can help people with various impairments, computer use as a component of mental health therapy for elders, personal accounts on the impact of information technology, forming online community for older adults, forging intergenerational communities, how communications technology alters the experience of aging and caregiving in a spiritual community, distance learning in gerontology, the problems of confidentiality and security, medical data on the Internet, the Comprehensive Health Enhancement Support System, a network to help manage medications, the Winchester House experience of nursing home residents using computers, whether the field of aging requires a virtual community and how to achieve one, and Internet resources on aging.
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