title: Time-use in later life.
abstract: This paper seeks to demonstrate the significance of the time budget methodology for nursing as a means of exploring the use of time in later life and its relation to health and well-being. With increasing concern for quality of life issues, the use of time and the proportion of time that is allocated to specific domains of life become important life-style decisions that merit both personal concern and professional inquiry. The paper begins with a review of the time budget methodology and the research employing the time budget methodology dating back to the 1960s. It continues with a description of how people allocate and use their time in later life as revealed by these studies, and concludes with the significance of this method of inquiry for nursing.
authors.affiliation: Department of Behavioural Science, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Ross
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004282:Documentation; D005260:Female; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007899:Leisure Activities; D008297:Male; D011788:Quality of Life; D012106:Research; D013995:Time; D014937:Work