[THE DEVELOPMENT OF TELEMEDICINE TECHNOLOGIES AND THE ATTITUDE OF SENIOR CITIZENS TO THEIR USE]

The purpose of the study presented in this paper is to consider the attitude of senior citizens (aged 65 years and older) to telemedicine technologies and their readiness to use them.Telemedicine has become widespread in recent years, and its use will expand in the near future. Telemedicine technologies have proved to be an effective tool for solving a number of problems: providing access to medical consultations, prompt response of medical workers to patient requests, monitoring of health indicators, etc. However, the prevalence of the use of these technologies is differentiated in different age groups. Due to the fact that elderly citizens are not active users of digital gadgets, the introduction of telemedicine technologies into their daily practice of taking care of their own health is in many ways difficult.