Education of older people for combating their loneliness

Jana Goriup (Author), Branka Čagran (Author), Katja Krošl (Author)

Abstract

The article discusses education of older people for combating their loneliness, the reasons for it, and its consequences. The current theoretical findings were the reason for the empirical study of the research problem by the authors. In the empirical part, some aspects of the life of older people regarding their residences were compared: among older people living with their relatives, alone, with a partner, or in a retirement home, with special regard to the reasons/causes for residence, and the feeling of loneliness and contacts with relatives. The obtained empirical results showed that older people living alone or in a retirement home are in a worse position compared to those living with relatives or with a partner. The most at risk are older people living alone.

Keywords

izobraževanje odraslih;starejši;domska oskrba;osamljenost;ne zaključna dela;education;elder people;residence type;loneliness;contacts;

Data

Language:	English
Year of publishing:	2015
Typology:	1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:	UM PEF - Faculty of Education
UDC:	376-053.9:364
COBISS:	21455112
ISSN:	1338-3965
Views:	1097
Downloads:	344
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Other data

Secondary language:	Slovenian
Secondary keywords:	Izobraževanje odraslih;Starostniki;Oskrba starostnikov;Osamljenost;
URN:	URN:SI:UM:
Type (COBISS):	Article
Pages:	str. 21-36
Volume:	ǂVol. ǂ5
Issue:	ǂiss. ǂ1
Chronology:	2015
DOI:	10.1515/atd-2015-0030
ID:	9595408