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Abstract: About this handbook<br>This handbook is for heritage interpreters and interpretation managers at heritage sites to help them improve the experiences and enjoyment of their senior visitors.<br>Throughout Europe the proportion of people that are over 55 years old is increasing. A great many of them are active citizens with interests in heritage and the environment, and with the time and resources to satisfy these interests and enthusiasms. They are an important market for heritage sites and one that is expected to grow in the coming decades.<br><br>The handbook is a toolkit of guidelines and ideas on how sites can be improved for senior visitors. It provides background information about the role of interpretation in explaining natural and cultural heritage, presents a comprehensive list of essential recommendations for the management of sites for senior visitors and offers<br>ideas on how to market sites to them. It is one of the main outputs of a project supported by the European Union Grundtvig Lifelong Learning Programme, Heritage Interpretation for Senior Audiences (HISA), which ran from 2013 to 2015 and involved partners from Germany, Italy, Malta, Poland and the United Kingdom.<br>- Chapter 1 provides an overview of the project and the partners involved.<br>- Chapter 2 reviews the changes in age structure in Europe and the significance this has for heritage sites.<br>- Chapter 3 has background information on the role and importance of interpretation in explaining heritage sites.<br>- Chapter 4 contains our key recommendations on managing sites for senior visitors.<br>- Chapter 5 has a review on the value of volunteering at heritage sites and how this can enhance the experience of seniors, both as volunteers and as visitors.<br>- Chapter 6 assesses how seniors can be involved in developing and delivering interpretation at heritage<br>sites.<br>An appendix includes a summary of the key findings of the research that took place to prepare this handbook
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