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- Title
Potrebe, zmožnosti in stalisča starejših ljudi v Sloveniji.
- Authors
Ramovš, Jože
- Abstract
The article is the first presentation of a comprehensive survey of a representative sample of Slovenia's population aged 50 years or more. Its title is The needs, potentials and stand-points of elderly people in Slovenia. Operational definition of terms needs, potentials and standpoints shows that obtaining authentic information in these three areas responds to the needs of health, social and other professions who work with elderly people, but also to the needs of policy makers in responding to the challenge of an aging society. Overview of the scientific and political interest in old age, aging and intergenerational relations shows that it escalates rapidly after the year 2000. The basis of the research is a holistic anthropological image of man in his physical, mental, spiritual, social and developmental dimensions, which calls for an interdisciplinary and inter-sector approach. The extensive questionnaire covers health status, medication, health, experience and attitudes towards the health system, walking and moving ability and performance of everyday tasks, residence and its adaptation for old age, relations with close others and care in frailty, mental well-being, spiritual and existential standpoints, ageing, the transfer of life experiences, intergenerational relationships and solidarity, living in home town and relocation, culture and language, information and communications technology, profession, employment, work, use of own abilities, retirement and wealth, children and grandchildren, and a comprehensive set of demographic questions. With a personal in-home interview we have successfully reached 1047 of the 1800 people in the planned sample. The article provides detailed data on the age and gender structure of respondents, structure according to marital status, the spatial distribution of the sample in the whole area of Slovenia and the basic findings from the in-home interviews. The survey was designed in a way that makes the research results comparable with major international research in this area.
- Subjects
SLOVENIA; POPULATION research; OLDER people; DEMOGRAPHIC surveys; INTERGENERATIONAL relations; ANTHROPOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES
- Publication
Kakovostna Starost, 2011, Vol 14, Issue 2, p3
- ISSN
1408-869X
- Publication type
Article