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University of the Third Age – a Place of Social Participationand Active Aging
University of the Third Age – a Place of Social Participationand Active Aging

Author(s): Monika Dorota Adamczyk
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Sociology, Gerontology
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: universities of the third age; areas of activity of older people; active aging

Summary/Abstract: The importance of universities of the third age in the lives of older people is determined by the fields of interest and activities they are offered there. U3As constitute essential and valuable areas of activation and socio-cultural animation of the elderly. The variety of activities realized by U3As, among others from the area of education, culture, and health prevention, perfectly underlines the fact that they are institutions, which include in the scope of their activities not only education, but also social support, social participation and socio-cultural animation.

  • Issue Year: 45/2017
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 73-87
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: English