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„Nie odtrącaj mnie w starości”. O potrzebie profilowanego przepowiadania dla seniorów

Author(s): Adam Kalbarczyk / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2015

The elderly in the Church are assured of being under pastoral care. Nevertheless everyday experiences demonstrate that this part of pastoral care to seniors is usually mentioned in the first place, namely the preaching of the gospel of God is quite underdeveloped, if not neglected or even ignored. Indeed, do they not feel that in this respect as being cast away? The current article presents the problem of a special or profiled parochial gospel proclamation for people who are advanced in years. It is performed in three steps: firstly by substantiation, the need of such a proclamation on the grounds of homiletics and pastoral theology; secondly by discussion of its situation, forms and content; thirdly by defining and describing its basic theme that is life. The ‘profiled’ proclamation to seniors is understood here as special, regarding its forms, language and content, preaching of the gospel of God to people who are along in years. Preaching that is directed at them and having an impact on them.

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Uczenie się starości i uczenie się w starości: perspektywa indywidualna

Author(s): Jerzy Semków / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1 (9)/2017

The article is a personal reflection on old age. On the basis of his own memories, the author (born in 1940) presents a picture of positive old age and considers options both learning of old age and in old age.

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Типови популационе динамике у насељима Заплања

Author(s): Marija Martinović / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 2/2012

The aim of this article is to present the main directions of changes in the spatial-demographic settlements organization of Zaplanje, which, due to rapid demographic recession since the 60s of the 20th century, is the strongest depopulation area with the oldest population in Serbia. This research aims is to determine the main types of changes in demographic development of the settlements and indirectly reveals key issues of the sustainable development of Zaplanje settlements and revitalization of villages. [Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br. 176017]

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Промене старосне структуре становништва насеља општине Зајечар

Author(s): Marijana Jančić,Sanja Pavlović / Language(s): English,Serbian Issue: 2/2009

The paper analyzes changes in age structure of 42 settlements of Zaječar community from aspects of total amount of population, population size, sort, type and the hypsometric zone they belong to. Statistical analysis done on a two census years (1971. and 2002) shows the oldening of all the settlements, as well as dependence of changes in age structure of the sort of settlements, their population size and altitude. The age structure of villages, smaller settlements and those from higher hypsometric zones is worsening faster. The analysis doesn't show statistical connection between the age structure and the type of settlement.

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Housing policies for the elderly: why should we care?

Author(s): Nina Szczygieł,Mafalda Almeida / Language(s): English Issue: 4/2017

In aging societies, housing responses for the elderly are of increasing importance. The article deals with the problem of housing policies from the viewpoint of an elder person and analyzes an impact of the place of residence. The study suggests that community dwelling elderly have significantly higher quality of life and experience less loneliness. In view of these results, there are reasons to believe that a well-designed quality home care system for the elderly could be beneficial in that it allows aging in the household while maintaining the social networks. The study sheds light on consequences of social responses and contributes to the discussion on future directions in housing policies for the elder population.

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Sytuacja osób bezrobotnych w wieku 50+ na przykładzie rynku pracy powiatów grodzkich województwa zachodniopomorskiego w latach 2005–2009

Author(s): Robert Talaga / Language(s): Polish Issue: 27/2012

The purpose of this article is to present differences and similarities of labour market in cities Szczecin, Koszalin and Świnoujście in the background of zachodniopomorskie voivodeship. At the beginning it deals with analysis of demographic potential mentioned cities. Furthermore, analysed characteristic of local labour market concentrates on selected categories of unemployment and moments of increase and decrease unemployed persons. Another part of article is devoted to analyze structure of unemployed persons after 50 years old in local labour market.

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Entrepreneurial Behaviour of the Elderly in Poland – Chosen Aspects

Author(s): Małgorzata Gajowiak / Language(s): English Issue: 2/1/2017

Nowadays one can observe progressive demographic changes in the form of, among others, an increasing proportion of post-working age population and lowering birth rates. The negative consequences of these changes are visible especially in the labour market. For these reasons, it is necessary to undertake efforts aimed at improving working conditions, retraining employees, as well as introducing flexible working hours in order to increase employment among older people. These activities support the implementation of the concept of age management which is becoming increasingly popular among European countries. This idea aims to allow workers, and particularly the elderly, a fuller use of their abilities, thereby increasing their motivation to work. Consequently, it seems that higher employee productivity has a positive effect on the stabilization of employment and enterprise development.

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Potrzeby użytkowników jako determinanty modelu organizacji platformy informatycznej aktywizującej seniorów. Wnioski z badań

Author(s): Maja Leszczyńska,Karol Łopaciński,Wiesława Gryncewicz,Robert Kutera / Language(s): English,Polish Issue: 4 (71)/2017

Due to the aging of society, the authors have developed a concept of ICT platform aimed at increasing the activity of people at the retirement age. It is dedicated to members of local communities, can be used to support entrepreneurship, self-fulfillment and activation in the field of social life. In the article, based on quantitative and qualitative research, the key needs of users have been identified, and in their context, the concept of organization of the ICT platform for activating seniors has been presented.

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Język, mowa i komunikacja – ważną przestrzenią geragogiki specjalnej

Author(s): Adam A Zych / Language(s): Polish Issue: 3/2015

Abstract: The subject of this paper is speech, language and communication of elderly people, which is sometimes marked by disease and/or by disability. European society is rapidly ageing. Thirty years ago Europe was named “oldish Europe”, today is “an old man of the world.” The Polish population today is “the most quickly ageing society in Europe…”. The paper presents real demographic, medical, and social problems – i.e. the health condition of the oldest generation. The last decades have brought a new gerontological and linguistic category called elderspeak. In vascular and neurodegenerational illnesses we have four “A”: Amnesia, Agnosia, Apraxia, and Aphasia. Aphasia makes difficult conversation and interpersonal communication. Paul Grice formulated many years ago the classic principles of cooperative conversation and communication: – the quantity of information, – the quality of information, that is the validity or the meaning of messages, and – reference, that is relation to a sick person. The paper ends with the conclusion that in the future it is necessary to create – on the ground of special geragogics – a new field of logopaedics – gerontologopaedics, and above all to create at Polish universities postgraduate studies in gerontologopaedics.

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The Reverse Mortgage as a Financial Tool for Increasing the Living Standard of Seniors in the Slovak Republic

Author(s): Mária Husáková,Eva Rievajová,Peter Sika,Silvia Šipikalová / Language(s): English Issue: 06/2018

The aim of the paper is to define the main features of the reverse mortgage, to present the socio-economic situation of seniors in the Slovak Republic, to present the results of a survey aimed at the interest of seniors in using a reverse mortgage and formulating recommendations for application practice. The questionnaire survey was realised nationwide in all regions on a sample of 925 respondents. Of the total number of respondents, only 16% of property owners showed interest in a reverse mortgage. The answers of the respondents showed that the main reason for the lack of interest in the reverse mortgage is the unwillingness to break the intergenerational property transfer, which confirms the traditionally strong family relations and family solidarity in the Slovak Republic.

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Sociální práce s vybranými cílovými skupinami

Author(s): Markéta Dubnová,Jana Gabrielová,Jana Novotná,Vlasta Řezníková,David Urban / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2018

Introduction: The paper deals with the issue of social work with selected target groups, such as families before and after divorce, people suffering from mental diseases, prostitutes and trafficked persons andseniors. The aim of the paper is to outline the specifics of social work with these target groups in the perception of social workers who meetthese clients in practice. Methodology: The realized research was conceived as a qualitative study using the interview technique. The research sample consistedof social workers working with clients from selected target groups. Results: This study was focused on the identification of the specifics of social work with the above-mentioned target groups and the description of the examples of good practice reported by the approached professionals working with the individual target groups. The results show that some of the described specifics are more general and can be found wider application in social work. On the other hand, respecting the particularities of individual target groups is a prerequisite for successful social work with the client. Conclusion: The contribution brings deeper theoretical knowledge of social work with selected target groups about the perspective of social workers from practice. This knowledge can be further used to improve the quality of social work with these target groups.

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Reflexia penitenciárneho zaobchádzania v súvislosti s adaptačným procesom seniorov v ústave na výkon trestu odňatia slobody

Author(s): Martina Oravcová / Language(s): Slovak Issue: 3/2017

Introduction: Following article is focusing the treatment of older people, whom personal freedom was limited by imprisonment sentence. Convicted persons of retirement age face not only the traps of the environment in which they find themselves suddenly, so called “prisonisation”, but also traps of own old age. The way the older individual adapts to the conditions of imprisonment depends on the quality of penitentiary treatment services and subsequent saturation of their specific needs. Goal: The main aim of this article is to throw the light to the current situation of the penitentiary treatment of persons in retirement age, as well as to point out the positive experience abroad. Findings: The legislation of the Slovak Republic does not define any special treatment of convicted seniors. An elderly person has to face not only the dangers of the old age but also the environment in which he found himself. The only way to eliminate these negative phenomena is to develop a treatment plan for the convicted, tailored to their specific needs. The most important element in the process of adaptation of the convicted senior is the entry process. The positive adaptation of the convicted seniors is also affected by their pension, what allows them to have a better social position comparing to the other convicts who participate in the regular work duty. Conclusion: Our findings point to legislative gaps in the treatment of convicted seniors. In particular, there is no specification of treatment to meet the individual needs of seniors in relation to their age and health.

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Планирање властите старости – ресурс активног старења у заједници

Author(s): Ljubo Lepir / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 167/2018

Under the conditions of strengthening neoliberalism, when the role of the state in securing the social security of citizens is constantly diminishing, the issues of age and aging become increasingly the “matter” of personal responsibility of each individual towards themselves and their life and personal relationship between them. Personal aging planning is a pressing need in societies where social security systems are inadequate to provide the existential needs of the elderly. Age planning is directly linked to the realization of active aging models. Active aging involves knowingly managing the old person with his remaining abilities, capabilities and resources in order to overcome the consequences of aging. Question how to achieve the goals of active aging can not be the responsibility of an old person – that is the question of responsibility of the community in which the old person lives. The conditions it creates and activities carried out by the community directly contribute to better and more efficient results of personal age planning. In the paper we deal with the updating of the importance of personal age planning and sustainability of the concept of active aging in local communities. Personal age planning is in direct co-ordination with institutional support for the elderly in the local community that is implemented through preventive programs and adaptation programs. Preventive programs for elderly people in community can facilitate the adjustment of the elderly to the new states and the consequences of age. Adaptation programmes provide primary support to the elderly in coping and solving problems, the concrete and active problems that local community citizens face each day.

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Културна партиципација као вид активног старења – могућности и предлози иницијатива

Author(s): Sanja Božić,Milica Solarević,Tatjana Pivac,Ivana Blešić / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 167/2018

Population policy on aging involves many forms of active aging, the most important of which are employment, social and cultural inclusion, volunteering and improvement of basic living conditions such as health care, adequate housing, and affordable transportation. Today, many European countries are facing the challenges of population aging, including Serbia, where the importance of active aging is still insufficiently recognized by society and key decision makers. The aim of this paper is to highlight the possibilities for promoting active aging through the inclusion of the elderly population in the cultural life of the city of Novi Sad, which faces the mentioned problem and lacks appropriate measures for the inclusion of the elderly population in the social and cultural life of the city. In addition, the aim of the study is to examine the attitudes of the cultural institutions regarding the possibility of adapting cultural contents to this target group, as well as for their inclusion in the realization of cultural contents. To achieve this, in-depth interviews were conducted with employees of the selected cultural institutions of the city. The obtained results will serve as the basis for the decision makers to define proposals of concrete actions to encourage active aging through the cultural contents of the city.

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Bezpieczeństwo w życiu codziennym seniorów. Zapewnienie poczucia bezpieczeństwa osobom starszym wyzwaniem dla współczesnej politykispołecznej

Author(s): Arkadiusz Mateusz Korycki / Language(s): Polish Issue: 2/2018

The paper starts with the description of the aging process and old age. It is followed by the analyses of provisions of national and international law as well as different programs aimed to provide security for the elderly and ensure that their rights are respected. In the next section, the phenomenon of ageism is discussed and presented as one of the causes of discrimination, exclusion, offenses and crimes against the elderly.

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JESMO LI STARI KOLIKO IMAMO GODINA ILI KOLIKO SE STARIMA OSJEĆAMO?

Author(s): Ljiljana Kaliterna Lipovčan / Language(s): Croatian Issue: 38/1998

This paper reviews the concept and measurement of subjective age. Considerable research has shown that people tend to consider their age as being different from what it actually is. Generally, adults under 20 years of age often perceive themselves as slightly older than their actual age, while adults over 30 years perceive themselves as younger than their actual age. The differences between actual and subjective age become more pronounced with advancing chronological age. The different types of measures that have been used to assess subjective age as well as correlates of age identification are discussed.

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“Greying population”: Economic, social, and ethical appreciation of old age

Author(s): Mieczysław Gałuszka / Language(s): English Issue: 5/2018

As the population is growing older, sociologists and economists are becoming more interested in analyzing this phenomenon. There are two paradigms for interpreting old age. The first one points to excluding old people from social and economic life. It is argued that there should be a balance between activities and possibilities of old people. The other paradigm points to the social, political and economic activities of old people until the end of their lives. It emphasizes their life experience and competencies. The article presents new processes and socio-cultural phenomena that refer to seniors. Some of them are negative like ageism, social isolation, deprivation, the uncertainty of fate and existence. Others are positive and described as “the cult of age” like the dynamic expansion of the grey people industry, development of health care and consumer projects for the elderly. The article argues that the sense and dignity of life of the elderly should be defended, as it is the main motivation and reason for living.

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The ageing of society in the context of dominant assumptions of contemporary economics and culture

Author(s): Michał A. Michalski / Language(s): English Issue: 5/2018

Current demographic trends indicate that the process of ageing is more and more advanced in Western societies. While the available literature addressing this issue concentrates most often on developing effective tools for socio-economic policy, this paper aims at exploring the dominating assumptions of economics and culture to find how they may influence the demographic process that was mentioned. The purpose of the analysis undertaken here is to verify the thesis which claims that basic anthropological assumptions present in neoclassical economics and modern culture somehow ignore or underestimate such essential aspects of human life as old age and the helplessness or weakness connected with it. The conclusions of the paper indicate that there is a need for intergenerational balance within society, which, e.g., facilitates socio-economic development. Some of the most important factors influencing this may or may not be present within the economic theory and culture it is based on. It means that without the adequate vision of man and the phases of human life, the process of building a mentally healthy and vibrant society where everyone has his or her place is hardly possible.

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EXPERIMENT ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A MEDICAL RECOVERY PROGRAM FOR VULNERABLE ELDERLY PEOPLE

Author(s): Andrei Dumitru / Language(s): English Issue: 04/2018

The purpose of this study was to validate the characteristics and therapeutic value of a program of medical gymnastics exercises. The kinetic program was conducted under the direct guidance of physiotherapists for elderly people with normal motor activities and a group of vulnerable elderly people. The group of elderly people without illness was made up of 44 people (6 men, 38 women) and the vulnerable elderly group of 30 people (10 men and 20 women). The criteria for assessing the health status were weight, body fat percentage, grip strength, knee extensor strength, sitting trunk flexion, one leg standing, functional reach test, timed “up and go” test, 10-m walking time. The methods and procedures within the research methodology used in the research were: the TMIG competence index, the short MOS form - the Health Study Item 36, and assessing life expectancy. In each experimental lot, the physiotherapists performed group and individual exercises. The findings show that the knee extensor strength in the elderly group with vulnerable health improved almost the same as in the group of elderly people without affections. In conclusion, there have been significant improvements in balance, walking ability, muscle strength, social and psychological attitudes in both groups.

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THE EMPIRICAL STUDY OF THE SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF INSTITUTIONALIZATION IN THE ELDERY

Author(s): Andrei Dumitru / Language(s): English Issue: 02/2018

“This empirical study addresses the issue of the social assistance management system for institutionalized elderly people. The purpose of this study is to present the problems of the psychosocial implications of the institutionalization of elderly people. Older people need special attention; which adds to social factors: the decline in income, the lack of family or the inability to provide supervision and care arise as a consequence of serious disability - the lack of a system of immobilization, incontinence, loss of autonomy and self-service capacity Institutionalization of people aged 3 and 4. The research methods used have been studied by the case, the observation technique and the comprehensive conversation. The present study has shown that for the elderly, the most favorable environment remains the family - the vital factor, and for a possible institutionalization a psychological training. In conclusion, regaining the elderly autonomy, a vital tone and social reintegration depends on the qualities of the group in the institutions of institutionalization.”

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