Work and retirement

Why is it challenging to define leisure?

What characteristics are most important to identifying an activity as a leisure activity?

Describe patterns in changing demographics in older adults and in older adult workers.

Identify and describe models of retirement and patterns of transitioning to full retirement or part-time work in older adults.

Identify and describe the generational and cultural differences in interpretation of work and retirement.

Consider leisure as a statement of identity.

Describe therapy perspectives on work and retirement as well as the roles of occupational therapy practitioners and physical therapy practitioners in aiding older adult workers to continue to work and/or to transition to retirement.

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