How do seniors' leisure time habits change after retirement?

70% of seniors report spending more time on leisure compared to when they were professionally active. Retirees enjoy twice as much free time for themselves than their still active peers, with seven hours of free time in the day.

What are the main objectives of recreational activities for seniors?

Recreational activities for seniors are often determined by objectives such as relaxation, entertainment, and personal development. These activities allow elderly people to express their emotions, release tensions, relax and have fun, and connect with others.

What does Jeannette discover about retirement?

For Jeannette, retiring means discovering spaces of freedom. She can finally manage her time as she sees fit, build new projects, reconnect with friends, and enjoy her leisure time. She finds retirement to be a source of pleasure rather than boredom.

What are the daily pleasures of seniors according to the research?

According to the Institut du Bien Vieillir Korian, seniors' daily pleasures are social and cultural activities. The research also indicates that it is easier to indulge oneself when one is a young retiree.

How does leisure serve as a social benefit for retirees?

Leisure is described as a wonderful vector of sociability. It allows elderly people to join others and connect socially, making it an important aspect of maintaining social relationships during retirement.

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Q: What percentage of seniors spend more than twelve hours a week on leisure activities?

According to the article, 20% of seniors spend more than twelve hours a week on their leisure activities.

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Retirement: a source of pleasure!

“Nothing is so unbearable for man as to be in complete rest, without passions, without entertainment, without application. He then feels his nothingness, his abandonment, his inadequacy, his dependence, his powerlessness, his emptiness.”

But retiring, for Jeannette, is discovering spaces of freedom. Finally managing her time as she sees fit, building new projects, reconnecting with friends, enjoying her leisure time.

A first figure: 20% of seniors spend more than twelve hours a week on their leisure activities. 70% of seniors report spending more time on leisure compared to when they were professionally active.

And Jeannette, she needs leisure, to escape, to have fun. Otherwise, it would be too boring!

Each senior occupies their leisure time with recreational activities, which are often determined by the following objectives: relaxation, entertainment, personal development...

Recreational activity allows every elderly person, or not, to express their emotions, to release their tensions, to relax and have fun, to join others. Leisure is a wonderful vector of sociability.

Thus, with seven hours of free time in the day, Jeannette enjoys twice as much time for herself than her still active peers.

And what do you do in retirement?

According to seniors aged 65 and over, it is easier to indulge oneself when one is a young retiree!

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Source: INSTITUT DU BIEN VIEILLIR KORIAN

Their daily pleasures are social and cultural activities.

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Source: INSTITUT DU BIEN VIEILLIR KORIAN

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