Article discloses relevance of continuous education, and in particular training of people of old age. The subject of a gerontoobrazovaniye was studied by many domestic and foreign researchers, the scientific recommendations, reports on training of elderly people have been developed. In many countries of the world training centers have been open for this category of the population. In the Russian Federation distribution was gained by the Universities of the third age at which courses enjoy the greatest popularity, connected with training in bases of work with the personal computer. The same purpose — adaptation of the elderly person in digital modern society pursues also the Government of the Russian Federation, developing the appropriate state programs. The universities of the third age are open in many cities. Often they open on the basis of departments of social protection of the population. For assistance higher education institutions are attracted. The fragment of the training program of “A basis of the computer literacy” developed by teachers of the Shadrinsk state pedagogical university is given in article. The purpose, problems of a course, the requirement to the level of assimilation and the planned results reveals. Examples of educational and thematic planning and a substantial component are given.