Elderly Emailers Becoming A Trend
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
Some of that email in your inbox may have been sent by someone over the age of 55, according to a new poll.
A recent survey conducted by Microsoft shows 97 percent of elderly americans log on daily to send email.
75 percent of them prefer receiving email over handwritten cards and letters.
"It`s instant," says 70-year old Emogene Tindall. "It`s almost like talking to someone personally."
Officials at the Patrick Henry Hays Senior Center in North Little Rock says computer classes are in high demand.
"We have a waiting list of 300,400 trying to get into class," says Director Charley Baxter.
More than 600 of the center`s 6,300 members have completed computer courses since the center opened last year, Baxter said.
