The occurrence of symptoms of fear of COVID-19 among participants of the Polish University of the Third Age [PDF]
European Psychiatry, 2022 Introduction The older adults have been considered one of the groups at highest risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection and death due to COVID-19. Fear of SARS-CoV-2 infections has become widespread.
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The Sense of Coherence, Self-Perception of Aging and the Occurrence of Depression Among the Participants of the University of the Third Age Depending on Socio-Demographic Factors [PDF]
Clinical Interventions in Aging, 2020 Halina Zielińska-Więczkowska, Katarzyna Sas Department of Social and Medical Sciences, Nicolaus Copernicus University Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Bydgoszcz, PolandCorrespondence: Katarzyna SasDepartment of Social and Medical Sciences, Nicolaus ...
Zielińska-Więczkowska H, Sas K
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Third Age Perspectives on Lifelong Learning: Third Age University
Procedia, Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2014 AbstractIn this study,the examples of applications taken from different European countries will be discussed by focusing on the role of Universities of the Third-age(U3A) as a new perfective for lifelong learning in maintaining active citizenship in economic and cultural fields for changing society and on ‘active ageing’ rather than the term ‘ageing ...
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Preferences outgoing students of the University of the Third Age in Wabrzezno
Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2016 The article concerns to specify preferences and trends and themes tourist trips. The study included 52 students of the University of the Third Age (UTA) in Wąbrzeźno (Poland). The results showed that 35% of respondents spend free time at home.
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Human Behavior and Emerging TechnologiesIntroduction Older adults are defined as immigrants of the digital age, the middle‐aged as hybrids, and the young as natives. However, after participating in training programs designed for the older adults, this situation may change in their favor. In the third age universities opened to support the active aging
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Social and Economic Aspects of Educational Activity of Elderly People in Poland and Spain – A Comparative Study [PDF]
Studia Europejskie, 2021 The major research problem is the comparative study of circumstances of elderly people’s educational activity in Poland and Spain. The object of the research is to pay attention to the issues regarding to educational needs, opportunities for education ...
Anna Święcicka
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Aktywność edukacyjna seniorów na przykładzie uniwersytetów trzeciego wieku w województwie świętokrzyskim [PDF]
Edukacja Ustawiczna Dorosłych, 2021 The goal of this work is to present the educational activity among the elderly in Poland with the particular emphasis on the activity in the Universities of the Third Age.
Renata Miszczuk, Andrzej Kobiałka
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Building Evidence for the Impact of Older Adult Learning on Active Ageing
AS: Andragoška Spoznanja, 2021 Lifelong learning constitutes one of the pillars of active ageing on the basis that learning reinforces wellbeing and enables older people to stay healthy and engaged in society.
Marvin Formosa
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Selected indicators of the seniors tourist activity in Poland and in others european countries
Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2016 In this work was taken an issues of the tourist activity of the older people. For this purpose was used the statistics of Eurostat and from the Statistic Yearbook “ Tourism in polish households” The analysis shows the polish older people more seldom ...
Krzysztof Parzych, Rafał Gotowski
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Later-Life Learning and Older Women Learners: A Feminist Commentary
Gender a Výzkum, 2021 Later-life learning continues to remain well under the radar as far as feminist theorising and empirical research are concerned. This exclusion is surprising considering that older women make up the majority of learners in later-life learning programmes.
Marvin Formosa
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