MOURA, Aline Oliveira Dias    SOUZA, Luciana Karine de. Socialization groups for the elderly: participants, drop-outs, and uninterested. []. , 15, 3, pp.1045-1060. ISSN 1808-4281.

Socialization groups (SGs) for the elderly are idealized places of excellence in leisure for the elderly. This idealization may limit the search for leisure practices more tuned to interests and needs of the aging individual. The literature seldom shows investigations on reasons for participation, giving up and nor being interested, yet this is a socially relevant topic. We interviewed 12 elders that attend a SG, 12 ex-participants, and 12 non-participants about their reasons for participating, leaving or not being interested in SGs. Besides family and health reasons, their motives included interpersonal relations with physical educators and colleagues and differences among SGs, the activities offered, and urban accessibility to get there. Elders not interested in SGs reported an extensive occupation of their free time with pleasurable activities, rest, and activities that promote personal and social development.

: elderly; leisure activities; free time.

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