Abstract
Providing young adults opportunities to teach older adults mobile technology may have positive impact on their attitudes towards aging and health awareness. In this presentation, the experience of 140 IMTOP college student in Taiwan who served as IMTOP volunteers for 8 weeks was analyzed qualitatively using thematic coding by 2 researchers. The volunteers received preparatory training to learn about the concepts of aging and motivational interviewing. They then provided 16-hour services to teach older adults mobile technology skills related to learning about the CDSMP and the IMTOP app. From their self-reflections, young volunteers reported that the most important things they learned from this experiences were effective communication skills with older adults and health knowledge. The intergenerational interaction broke down their stereotypes about older adults and developed their empathy and patience with better understanding of difficulties and challenges older adults encounter when using technology products. Their health awareness was also enhanced.