Paraphrasing is telling the ideas of others in your own words. By retelling the information you can emphasize the most relevant points and omit unrelated information. You can also combine information from different sources to make a certain point (e.g. based on differences or similarities).
The goal of this project is to develop an app that enables older people to live independently at home for longer. In spite of possibilities like this, elderly people make less use of the Internet and ICT in general (European Commission, 2004; Agerwal et al., 2009). It is therefore important to pay extra attention to the technological skills, opinions and daily life of the target group. Agerwal, R., Animesh, A. and Prasad, K. (2009) Social interactions and the ‘digital divide’: explaining variations in internet use. Information Systems Research 20(2), 277–294. European Commission (2004) eInclusion@EU: strengthening eInclusion & eAccessibility across Europe. Analytic framework – eInclusion and eAccessibility priority issues.
Note: You still want to cite the original sources when you paraphrase, as that is where the ideas came from. Paraphrasing does not result in less references. Be clear about what ideas are your own and what originates from other sources. Using other sources makes your ideas stronger, not weaker.