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http://dx.doi.org/10.9708/jksci.2016.21.12.179

The effect of senior academic programs by type on life satisfaction  

Son, Myoung-Dong (Kwangju Women's University)
Park, Cheon-Gyu (Kwangju Women's University)
Abstract
In this paper, we propose that it is necessary to expand the programs in the future, Iand it should be possible to activate and to participate the programs continuously, because the higher the participation in leisure program is, the higher life satisfaction.. The Korean Senior Citizens Association has a branch in each province and is used as a place where voluntarily provide friendship activities, hobbies for elderly people aged 65 and information exchange with other leisure activities. However, it was considered to be only a cursory space a few years ago, unlike the activation of leisure programs for the elderly welfare center. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of satisfaction of leisure program by type on life satisfaction of users who have experience in elderly university. The subjective health status and the residential type of participating elderly people differ in their life satisfaction. Therefore, it is important for the elderly to have regular health checkups and to maintain a stable residential style. And also, the experiment results show that life satisfaction was higher when leisure program use satisfaction was higher - especially, satisfaction with health program and health care program was higher.
Keywords
The Korean Senior Citizens Association; Elderly university; Leisure program; Life satisfaction; Health status;
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