Clarissa Hampton

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Clarissa Hampton

• Leisure in Later Life

Project MORE/Intergenerational Gallery
Presentation
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Leisure in Later Life

• Clarissa Hampton describes in her narrative
• how she spends her leisure time.
• Do you think her pattern of leisure is typical
• for an older adult?
• What factors do you think must be present
• for a person to enjoy leisure time in later
• life?

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Leisure in Later Life

• The definition of leisure is the freedom from
  occupation or business, vacant time, time free
  from employment.
• http//www.webster-dictionary.org/definition/leis
  ure
• Later life is characteristically the time in life
  when work roles become less constricting and
  leisure may take the place of the lost work role
  to help a person find meaning in their life.
• Moody, H.R. (2000). Aging Concepts and
  Controversies. 3rd Edition. Pine Forge Press.
  Thousand Oaks, CA.

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Leisure in Later Life

• In groups of 3-4 people think about your own
  later life and retirement.
• Discuss and list some of the activities in which
  you envision yourself taking part in later life.
• How do these activities compare to the types of
  leisure activities in which you participate at
  present?
• Are they similar or are there new leisure
  activities that you feel you would like to try in
  later life?

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Leisure in Later Life

• Do you think the activities you have discussed in
  will have to be modified in any way as you age?
• If so, please explain why they may need to be
  adapted and how they would be adapted.

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Leisure in Later Life

• What factors do you think will need to be in
  place in order for you to have the leisure time
  you predict in later life? Think about your later
  life in terms of
• Financial situation
• Employment status
• Health status
• Family commitments

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Leisure in Later Life

• Leisure time is historically a relatively new
• concept and is often discussed in the
• context of retirement. Since 1900 the
• average life expectancy for Americans has
• risen by almost 30 years. This increase has
• affected time spent in education,
• employment, retirement and leisure
• activities.

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Leisure in Later Life

• Why do you think we have only begun to think
  about leisure and the older adult in recent
  years?
• Do you think people change their leisure patterns
  throughout their life?

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Leisure in Later Life

• Consider the events that may occur through a
  persons life e.g. school, college, marriage,
  child rearing, employment and retirement.
• Discuss how leisure patterns may change or
  fluctuate during these events.

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Leisure in Later Life

• How do you think patterns of late life leisure
  may affect our economy?
• Consider the loss of productive adults from the
  workforce, the economic spending power of the
  older generations, and the contribution of older
  adults to society in the form of volunteer
  activities.