‘I want to do everything!’: leisure innovation among retirement-age women

Liechty, Toni; Yarnal, Careen; Kerstetter, Deborah L.

doi:10.1080/02614367.2011.573571

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“…These less physical activities were more often reported by previously inactive participants. Liechty et al 145 found that acquiring new interests and pursuits, whether involving physical activity or not, resulted in women reporting greater feelings of enjoyment, confidence and empowerment.…”

Section: Benefits Beyond Increased Activitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…These challenges may well be new activities that are sought on the basis of extended time and opportunity on the one hand and a sense of increased freedom from social and domestic responsibilities on the other. 145 Liechty and Genoe 150 found that men who had previously been bored or understimulated at work sought challenges to counteract this feeling once retired. Beck et al 133 and Liechty et al 145 found that challenges were not always sought through the route of physical activities; they were often academically stimulating or caring in nature.…”

Section: Benefits Beyond Increased Activitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…145 Liechty and Genoe 150 found that men who had previously been bored or understimulated at work sought challenges to counteract this feeling once retired. Beck et al 133 and Liechty et al 145 found that challenges were not always sought through the route of physical activities; they were often academically stimulating or caring in nature. These less physical activities were more often reported by previously inactive participants.…”

Section: Benefits Beyond Increased Activitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Seven studies 131,142,145,146,155,180,181 reported that participants adapted the extent and type of physical activity that they engaged in as they aged and felt that this needed to be tailored to the individual. Two studies 157,172 reported that perceptions of declining physical ability with age could lead to a particular activity being stopped or changed for a less strenuous pursuit owing to embarrassment or fear of injury.…”

Section: Perceptions Of Ageingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A total of 34 studies in 38 papers [130][131][132][133][134][135][136]138,140,[142][143][144][145][147][148][149][150][151][156][157][158][159][160][161][162][163][164][167][168][169][170][171]174,[176][177][178]181,184 reported that a motivation for participation in physical activity was mainly or partially its associated physical and/or mental health benefits. However, for some participants 131,132,135,143,168 there was also perceived physical risk attached to carrying out exercise in older age, either from accidents or from the impact of increased exertion.…”

Section: Health Benefitsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Interventions to promote or maintain physical activity during and after the transition to retirement: an evidence synthesis

Baxter¹,

Blank²,

Johnson³

et al. 2016

Public Health Res

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BackgroundIt has been argued that transition points in life, such as the approach towards and early years of retirement, present key opportunities for interventions to improve the health of the population. Interventions that may change or preserve activity levels around the time of retirement have the potential to provide benefits in terms of increased health and well-being for people in later life. Research has highlighted health inequalities in health statuses in the retired population and in response to interventions.ObjectiveWe aimed to conduct a systematic review and meta-synthesis of the types and effectiveness of interventions to increase physical activity among people around the time of retirement. We also aimed to identify factors that may underpin the effectiveness or acceptability of interventions, and how issues of health inequalities may be addressed.Data sourcesThe following electronic databases were searched: (1) MEDLINE; (2) Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts; (3) The Cochrane Library (including The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects, Health Technology Assessment Database); (4) Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature; (5) Science Citation Index; (6) Social Science Citation Index; (7) PsycINFO; (8) Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Co-ordinating Centre; (9) SPORTDiscus; (10) Social Policy and Practice; (11) Health Management Information Consortium; and (12) Sociological Abstracts. We also searched for grey literature, checked reference lists of included papers and screened other reviews.Review methodsA systematic review of quantitative and qualitative literature was carried out between February 2014 and April 2015. The searches aimed to identify, first, evidence of effectiveness of interventions for older adults at the point of transition to retirement and, second, data relating to perceptions of barriers and facilitators to intervention effectiveness. A meta-synthesis of the two types of evidence was also carried out to provide further interpretation of the review findings.ResultsA systematic search of the literature identified a large number of potentially relevant studies. Of these, 103 studies examining the effectiveness of interventions and 55 qualitative papers met the criteria for inclusion. A review of the effectiveness literature indicated a dearth of studies that investigate interventions that specifically examine the transition to retirement. More general studies in older adults indicated that a range of interventions might be effective for people around retirement age. The qualitative literature indicated the importance of considering the appeal and enjoyment, and social aspects, of interventions. Although there were a range of different measures in use, many were self-reported and few studies included an evaluation of sedentary time. A meta-synthesis across the data types indicated that elements reported as significant by participants did not always feature in the interventions.LimitationsOwing to the lack of evidence relating to the retirement transition, we examined the literature relating to older adults. The applicability of these data to people around retirement age may need consideration.ConclusionsAlthough the retirement transition is considered a significant point of life change, only a small volume of literature has reported interventions specifically in this period. The included literature suggests that interventions should take account of views and preferences of the target population and evaluate effectiveness by measuring meaningful outcomes and using a control group design.Study registrationThis study is registered as PROSPERO CRD42014007446.FundingThe National Institute for Health Research Public Health Research programme.

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Section: Benefits Beyond Increased Activitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Benefits Beyond Increased Activitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Benefits Beyond Increased Activitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Perceptions Of Ageingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Health Benefitsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A life course perspective to understanding senior tourism patterns and preferences

Huber

2019

Journal of Tourism Research

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This paper explores the relationships between life course transitions and seniors'tourism behaviour with a focus on social-psychological factors. The study employs a qualitative research approach and applied biographical interviews with 23 participants (older than 60 years) from Germany. Five themes are identified and presented in this paper: "role transitions," "the loss of partners," "stressful situations and illness," "travel saturation," and "perception of age." A model is developed that integrates the impact of life course transitions, the collections of travel experiences, and the perception of age on tourism behaviour. Research findings are discussed in light of existing literature and theories on human development and ageing.

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