The purpose of getting digital technology in the elderly community and teaching them how to use it is so that the whole community becomes more diverse and elderly get to explore deeper into the worlds compatibilities making their lives more exiting.
This article relates to the digital divide because the digital divide is not only about poorer countries or poor people, it is also about the elderly (basically anyone who isn't usually considered when discussing digital technologies.)
It's main target clients are anyone who is elderly and do not have access or knowledge of digital technology (especially elderly people in rural areas.) This is because when advanced digital technology came around they were already "too old" to be introduced to it - the main reason young people know what their doing on a computer is because basic techniques are taught at school starting from junior school ages.
It's strengths is that this way the whole community will know how to use computers even if that just means using very simple applications with very simple techniques. Another advantage is to the economy because this may mean that more people will be buying PC's and laptops. However there are some disadvantages, one being that because it is a no charge service it may go-bust because it cannot be funded anymore. Another reason is that some elderly people may think that they understand the material covered whereas they may getting it wrong, this is a problem because e.g. if in the classes they are taught on (for example) Windows XP but they buy a PC or laptop that uses Windows 7 they may get confused thus wasting their money and time.
In order to improve this service they could make a box for volunteer donations which will keep the service alive. Also if an elderly person is considering buying a PC or laptop a worker from the service should accompany them to the shop when purchasing a new unit so they know that the problems i discussed earlier do not occur.
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