RETIRED ELDERLY IN A CARE INSTITUTION – THE PROCESS OF ADAPTATION TO LIFE IN A SOCIAL CARE HOME

• Authors: Anna Szafranek
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Retirement is a new stage in every person’s life. It is undoubtedly a transitional period of change and new challenges. It should be noted that it will take different forms, depending on where the elderly go to spend their retirement. Will it be their own apartment, a relative’s house, or a social care home? This article addresses the problems of spending one’s old age in a retirement home. The mainsubject is the process of adaptation of the elderly to life in an institution and the factors influencing it.

Keywords

EN

retirement; elderly; old age; care institution; adaptation

• Publisher: Akademia Górniczo-Hutnicza im. Stanisława Staszica w Krakowie
• Journal: Studia Humanistyczne AGH
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 13
• Issue: 4

Dates

published

2014

online

2015-07-11

Contributors

author

Anna Szafranek

Identifiers

DOI

10.7494/human.2014.13.4.199-213