The Specifics of the Organization of Leisure Activities for the Elderly (in Case of GASU SB “Kemerovo Boarding House for the Elderly and Disabled”)
The article reveals the theoretical complex associated with modern socio-cultural activities. The authors focus on the specifics of working with the elderly and disabled in residential homes and assume that these people can and should be involved in a socially active life. Their lives and a sufficient amount of free time must be filled with interesting, useful and productive activities. Analyzing the activities of the Kemerovo Boarding House for the Elderly and Disabled, the authors note that among the standard services in the Boarding House there are also socio-pedagogical ones. These are: social and pedagogical correction, the formation of positive interests, the organization of leisure. The authors of the article present an analysis of various forms of social and cultural activities in this boarding school: the work of clubs, themed evenings, meetings with musicians and artists, concert programs with the participation of creative groups of the city, sports competitions and competitions. The main attention of the authors is focused on creating conditions for activating the creative potential of older people, organizing interaction with employees of cultural institutions, psychologists, who will give recommendations on identifying the individual motives that inhibit or activate the manifestation of creativity in this category of persons. Organizers of leisure activities for the elderly and disabled should take into account the criteria of health, working capacity, family and social ties, reception of the surrounding world, accommodation to social conditions.