Older, How? The Importance of Practising Educative and Healthy Activities

This research aims to study active ageing by participation in educative and healthy activities (PE&HA) at centres that provide programmes. An exploratory quantitative was undertaken, envisaging explore the relationship between certain variables (age, sex, attendance type of activity) degree satisfaction with PE&HA. intentional non-probabilistic sampling applied select 800 persons over 55, corresponding users various senior located four districts Madrid, Spain. The data collection instrument consisted 29 easy-to-understand questions grouped into six dimensions. Results questionnaire indicate are satisfied PE&HA offered centres. According 78% respondents, workshops other group contribute a better quality life elderly, no statistically significant differences were found users’ gender. provides possible improvements areas will preventing dependence; for example, those which there is greater demand from users. As proposals improvement, we suggest designing specific strategies obtain more male centre workshops.