Starość w dzielnicy poprzemysłowego miasta. Studium na przykładzie „starych” Bogucic
Old Age in a Post-Industrial City District. A Study on the Example of “Old” Bogucice

Author(s): Jolanta Klimczak, Dorota Nowalska-Kapuścik
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Sociology, Demography and human biology, Gerontology, Rural and urban sociology, Welfare services
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: old age; seniors; senior policy; city; evaluation
Summary/Abstract: The research conducted by the authors on the situation of the elderly in one of the post-industrial districts of Katowice showed that degree of satisfaction of specific needs is diverse depending on their type, therefore, despite actions taken by organizational and non-governmental units and other institutions for senior environment, criterion of deficit in the sphere of interpersonal contacts and active participation in social life has not always been met.

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