Organization of leisure education seniors

This bachelor thesis focuses on a clearly arranged presentation of organizations of seniors' leisure education not only in the Czech Republic but also in České Budějovice. The first chapter defines the terms of old age and aging from a demographic point of view and getting familiar with the target group - early old age in terms of biological, psychological social and spiritual changes. The second chapter describes the leisure time from the perspective of seniors and focuses also on the factors that positively or negatively affect the leisure time of a senior. The third chapter outlines the leisure education in the context of the early old age (senior age). The chapter defines the objectives and types of the methods of leisure education focused on seniors. The fourth chapter is devoted to organizations for the leisure education in the Czech Republic. The organization of the leisure education is divided into three types of institutions - specialized educational institutions, institutions that have educational activities as supplementary and institutions in which one of their areas is education as well. The subchapters explain each of those more in detail. The fifth chapter clearly points to the organizations of leisure education in České Budějovice. Each area has a clearly devoted subchapter. Finally it summarizes the whole issue and compares the possibilities of the leisure education organizations in the Czech Republic and also in České Budějovice. It highlights the positive aspects but also points to possible weaknesses