Never too late: Pandemic propels older US shoppers online

Moran (left) helps resident Mont shop on Amazon in Cranford, New Jersey. Consumers 65 and older are starting to buy more online, ranging from beginners like Mont who struggle with the basics to those who are breezily shifting more of their buying to the Web. — Atria via AP

NEW YORK: In November, Paula Mont did something new: The 86-year-old, who hasn’t left her New Jersey senior living community in nearly a year, went shopping – online.

Mont used an iPad, equipped with a stylus to help her shaky hands, to buy a toy grand piano for her great-granddaughter. She picked it out from more than a dozen versions of the instrument on Amazon.