Activity as a Strategy for Successful Aging in Light of Online Pieces Of Advices and Guidance for Seniors

Abstract

This work deals with the issue of organizing leisure time for people who are retired. The next stage of life after the completion of work brings with it the lack of professional duties and the slow withdrawal of social roles performed so far. On the one hand, this state of affairs can be a blessing, on the other hand it can cause emptiness and stress due to both the excess of free time and the need to cope with the new situation. Hence the question: “what to do in retirement?” to counteract the above-mentioned states and phenomena and find itself in a satisfying new social role. The analysis of Internet resources and the publishing market allows to find various sources of pieces of advice that beginner seniors can utilise. Several of them have been analyzed in this paper. These include tips from more senior citizens, book guides, portals dedicated to seniors, institutions that activate older people and, finally, commercial companies interested in seniors as consumers. Most guidance fits the model of an active old age, a retirement planned and organised in terms of leisure time management, mental, health and administrative preparation.

Keywords

• activity
• seniors
• gerontology
• advice
• life strategies
• seniors’ leisure time and how to menage it