Analysis of senior volunteering and the effects of COVID-19

Abstract

Both national and international institutions have been implementing active aging policies since 2002. This new way of understanding old age favours the social participation of older people. Senior volunteering is an example of social commitment in this policy framework of active aging. Despite its growing social and political relevance, investigations on this topic are scarce in Spain (Serrat et al., 2020) and even less in Extremadura. Understanding this reality is necessary to adopt social policies to improve seniors' lives.