The process of successful aging in rural areas – an analysis of the phenomenon in south-eastern Poland
The process of successful aging in rural areas – an analysis of the phenomenon in south-eastern Poland

Summary/Abstract: In Poland, the aging process of the population is noticeably slower than in other Europeancountries. The aging of Polish society concerns both municipal and rural areas. However, thisprocess varies between these environments, both in terms of the pace and the scale of the problem.However, it is particularly significant that the forecasts indicate that rural areas will remain“younger” than urban areas in the future. The aim of the present paper was to attempt to answerthe question whether the situation of elderly people from the rural areas of south-eastern Polandfit the concepts of successful aging. The paper is based on the results of a study conducted in 2017among a group of 150 people aged 60+, living in the districts of Myślenice and Nowy Targ. Onthis basis, it is possible to state that the respondents are rather happy with their contacts with theenvironment, and express a moderately high degree of satisfaction with their health condition, arenot very professionally active, and notice high shortages on the Polish market in terms of servicesand products aimed especially at elderly people. Thus we may assume that the subjective quality ofthe life of the respondents in the villages of the Małopolskie province is at an average level and thatit creates the possibility of drawing conclusions on the moderate course of the process of successfulaging in this environment.

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