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Leisure Opportunities for the Aged

Thursday, 19 July 2018: 10:30-12:20
Location: 201D (MTCC NORTH BUILDING)
RC13 Sociology of Leisure (host committee)

Language: English

Leisure opportunities for the aged can be of different types.  It also depends on different class and age of the people. Every society has certain norms and values and older people usually undertake certain leisure opportunities as par their values, norms, and abilities. Physical and mental strength also play an important role in determining the kind of leisure activities. Interests, habits, memories of enjoying certain things in young age also motivate certain leisure activities to be performed by the aged. It may be guided by intrinsic and extrinsic motivation of choosing leisure activities. Activities like walking, swimming, doing exercise and yoga, participating in community work, clubs and different societies, seniors forums, travelling, spending time with friends, grand children, watching movies, playing games like cards, chess, meeting people, cooking, fishing, gardening, joining arts and drama groups etc. have positive impact upon health and well being of the aged. These activities will be different for different people belonging to different places and environments like rural area, small town, city and in metropolis. Old age has chances of having health issues and they can adopt healthy diet, courses like Art of Living, join laughing clubs, do yoga, herbal messages to keep away diseases and keep oneself fit. Most important thing at this point is to make oneself mentally and physically fit through leisure activities.  The present section welcomes papers which will highlight all different opportunities and leisure activities of aged people with suitable theoretical orientation.
Session Organizer:
Pranjal SARMA, Department of Sociology, Dibrugarh University, Assam, India, India
Chair:
Madhu NAGLA, Department of Sociology, M.D.University, Rohtak, India, India
Co-Chair:
Karl SPRACKLEN, Leeds Beckett University, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
Panelist:
Sukant CHAUDHURY, University of Lucknow,Lucknow,Uttar Pradesh,India, India
Discussant:
Ipsita BHATTACHARYYA, DHSK Commerce College, Dibrugarh, Assam, India, India
Oral Presentations
Leisure Opportunities and the Aged Folks of Dimasa Tribe : A Sociological Analysis
Pranjal SARMA, Department of Sociology, Dibrugarh University, Assam, India, India
Leisure in 21st Century Later Life
Tania WISEMAN, University of Brighton, United Kingdom; Andrew CHURCH, University of Brighton, United Kingdom; Neil RAVENSCROFT, University of Brighton, United Kingdom
Leisure Opportunities for the Aged in Missionaries of Charity (MOC) (Mother Teresa), Tinsukia, Assam, India
Pranjal SARMA, Department of Sociology, Dibrugarh University, Assam, India, India; Ipsita BHATTACHARYYA, DHSK Commerce College, Dibrugarh, Assam, India, India
Class Based Leisure Patterns of the Aged: Analysis of Leisure Among Old Age People in India
Sukant CHAUDHURY, University of Lucknow,Lucknow,Uttar Pradesh,India, India
Canadian-Based Research in Leisure Studies on Leisure and the Aged: From 2000 to Today
Aida STRATAS, University of Ottawa, Canada; George KARLIS, University of Ottawa, Canada