HLTHAGE 1BB3 Lecture 18: March 29, 2016
11 Apr 2016
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Objectives: to consider, how seniors today spend their time, new personal development programs for seniors (recreation, tness, and education, seniors" community involvement. Leisure activity: what does the research on aging and leisure activity tell us, social characteristics, differences between younger and older cohorts, health, education, income, gender differences, geographic differences. Education: what do we know about older people and education programs, older people are less interested in credentials, interested in personal growth rather than career development, interest in focused programs. Road scholar: an educational alternative: a non pro t organization that offers programs in lifelong learning, learning through travel and education, lecture, eld trips, cultural excursions, extracurricular activities. Use of technology: approximately 45 per cent of canadian adults between ages 65 and 74 are online whereas. Volunteer work: canadian national survey on giving, volunteering, and participating" found that approximately 36 per cent of older adults over 65 were currently volunteering (statistics.
