I'd like to take a moment to appreciate how we're afraid of which search interface Grandma uses.
A hundred years ago, we'd be worried about getting knifed by strangers, bear maulings, starving to death, being homeless, eating food laced with botulism and lead, influenza, tuberculosis, diphtheria ...
To be fair, I think the origin of the worry may be that the elderly and less technically inclined are prone to being taken advantage of (rightly or wrongly). You're very correct that things are better than ever, as it were, but vulnerability seems to have endured in some ways.
A hundred years ago, we'd be worried about getting knifed by strangers, bear maulings, starving to death, being homeless, eating food laced with botulism and lead, influenza, tuberculosis, diphtheria ...
Things are pretty good.