PSYCHOPEDAGOGICZNY WYMIAR OPIEKI NAD OSOBAMI W WIEKU PODESZŁYM
THE PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PEDAGOGICAL DIMENSIONS OF CARE FOR THE ELDERLY

Author(s): Wioletta Klus
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Sociology, Gerontology, Sociology of Culture
Published by: Polskie Towarzystwo Profesjologiczne
Keywords: ageing of societies; the elderly; self-development; active life; post-productive period;
Summary/Abstract: The article presents the problem of the progressive ageing of societies, which highly developed countries have been tackling already since the mid-20th century. The author describes the way elderly people are perceived by the rest of society and the possibility of rendering aid and support to them by their closest environment and by public institutions. The most important needs and expectations of the elderly have also been listed. Attention has been drawn to the need of self-development throughout one’s lifetime, not excluding old age, and to the growing necessity to lead an active life in one’s post-productive period.

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