Background: Knowledge about ageing from the perspective of people with intellectual disability is extremely scarce, which means a lack of evidence-based interventions for healthy ageing adjusted to their needs. Aim: To investigate how people with intellectual disability experience ageing, prior to an educational intervention. Methods: Twenty-six…

The study purpose was to test the effectiveness of the self-regulation eHealth intervention "MyPlan1.0." to increase physical activity (PA) in recently retired Belgian adults. This study was a randomized controlled trial with three points of follow-up/modules (baseline to 1-week to 1-month follow-up). In total, 240 recently retired…

It is important to understand the factors that can contribute to quality of life in retirees. Accessing latent benefits, which are generally associated with paid employment, has been shown to increase quality of life. It is proposed that meaningful leisure may act as a substitute for paid employment in retirees. A sample of 123 male and female…

Using the frameworks of the life course perspective and continuity theory, this study focuses on the association among working people between gender and specific leisure activities, social interests and individuals' preferred retirement age. The study is based on the first wave of the Norwegian Life Course, Aging and Generation (NorLAG) study,…

No matter how great one's campus is, no matter how wonderful the job is, no matter how much one likes going to work, the day will come when one leaves his/her office with its groaning shelves for the last time. Retirement is uncharted territory until one gets there, so illuminating ideas from somebody who has already experienced it might be…

Little is known about the motivational forces leading retired individuals to engage in post-retirement activities and how they could be related to satisfaction with retirement. Using the self-determination framework, the purpose of the present exploratory study was to examine the nature of active retirees' motivation and its impact on satisfaction…

The purpose of this study was to investigate how older adults are learning on their own. Education has the power to be an agent of change, both individually and socially. Similarly, this research isolated how learning can impact the older person's life. Of particular interest was a more detailed description of this personal learning by employing a…

A survey of park and recreation retirees was done to see if, after retirement, they adhered to their former philosophies as recreation professionals. Results indicate that the retirees do, in fact, "practice what they preach." (JN)

Acquiring diversified interest early in life provides for a continuation of self-fulfillment after retirement. (PBS)

This paper indicates the failure of our society to educate its citizens in the "worthy" use of retirement leisure. It contends that educated retirees should be offered an opportunity to function in creative, dignified and self-directed roles on university campuses. (Author)

Intended for persons in their 50s and 60s who are seriously thinking about retirement and younger people who want to learn about aging and retirement, this book was developed as a companion piece to the training program offered to business and nonprofit organizations by the University of Southern Maine retirement planning team. Most of the…

Persons facing retirement quite often do not know how to use their leisure time; their interests and abilities are so diversified that it is difficult to form community programs for them and more research and thought is needed to help them in coping with this problem. (JD)

The author describes her 12-hour course for older adults, entitled "Elderlife: A Time to Give--A Time to Receive." The course gives participants skills to identify what they want and need and to design a life-style in keeping with this information. (CH)

Time, or the lack thereof, is a central problem for most Americans. After fairly rare access to free time, retired people suddenly have too much time. Recreation and leisure service delivery to older persons is discussed. (MT)