Samotność osób starszych w kontekście zmian demograficznych

Abstract

Year 2012 was declared the European Year of Active Ageing and Intergenerational Solidarity. Th e eyes of Europe have been directed on an important issue of the problems of the elderly. Old age, which is naturally inscribed in human development, should be fi lled with satisfaction and joy, is oft en a phase of loneliness. Loneliness is very diffi cult for people in old age. Its social, emotional and axionormative dimension may be highlighted. In this work, I emphasize the need to become interested in the elderly, for whom appropriate prevention and intervention strategies should be prepared.