Gospodarstwa opiekuńcze odpowiedzią na potrzebę społeczną
Nursing homes respond to social needs

Summary/Abstract: Polish and European society is aging which means that more and more persons will require permanentor temporary care. According to CSO data, persons of retirement age accounted for about 1/5of Polish society in 2015. According to demographic projections, their share is to increase. In the faceof the increasingly aging population, the alienation of persons of retirement age is a more and moreacute problem. A larger scope of care achieved through the development of new institutional solutionsmay be a response to the elderly’s needs. Care Farms, which are introduced in Poland – followingeconomically developed EU Member States, including the Netherlands – are one example of such asolution. They are part of elderly policy which is a response to a social need, i.e. the social inclusion ofthe elderly, the sick, those in need of support. The elderly, which are often lonely, need to be encouragedto start being socially active, even to be presented with a pattern of changes. Lack of integrationapplies primarily to numerous peri-urban rural areas. In addition to identifying the problem, the studyaims at analysing and assessing elderly policy, and proposing new social and health policy instrumentsto sustain the elderly’s activity and social inclusion. The study contains specific examples of effectiveelderly policy, which is successfully implemented in other EU Member States, and examples of activationby holding integrative seminar and workshop meetings. Such forms of activity serve to establishand maintain contacts, and to improve the quality of life. At present, several Polish agri-tourism farmsextended their offer to include care services for the elderly. Such a form of activity is not only a responseto the elderly’s needs, but also a way of improving the financial standing of an agricultural familyby, among others, diversifying sources of income.

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