Indicators welfare of senior citizens studying at University of Third Age

Abstract

We have worked on the education of seniors for many years at the Department of Technology and Information Technology University in Nitra. The department launched several training pro-grams for seniors. Folk Crafts, Digital photo and video camera and Information technologies are included among the most popular. All subjects are led by the same teachers since their beginnings. Lecturers long observed during the training the motivation why seniors signed up to study at the University of the Third Age (U3A), what led them to choose the correct education program, what is it giving them and what does education mean for them at this University of the Third Age. Based on these observations and analyzes of conversations, we decided to further analyze some of the needs and preferences of seniors studying at U3A. The analysis of indicators of quality of life of the seniors, we used a non-standardized questionnaire containing 45 questions. The question-naire consisted of a combination of opened and closed questions.