Open AccessKonieczność czy wybór – w stronę edukacyjnego społeczeństwa osób starszych
Author(s) -
Małgorzata Duda
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
family forum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2084-1698
pISSN - 2391-9388
DOI - 10.25167/ff/2018/125-140
Subject(s) - obligation , life expectancy , economic shortage , population ageing , coercion (linguistics) , perception , state (computer science) , population , psychology , sociology , economic growth , political science , economics , law , demography , neuroscience , government (linguistics) , linguistics , philosophy , algorithm , computer science
The ageing population of developed countries poses a challenge to State policy. At the same time, decreasing number of births increased the risk of negative natural growth. There is a shortage of manpower in the labour market. These and other indicators allow us to state that society will need its seniors in the public space. An extended life expectancy changes the perception of elderly people as an irreplaceable reservoir of resources of experienced professionals. This imposes a public obligation to conduct promotional activities in the direction of family policy, including elderly people. At the same time, elderly people themselves need a permanent education space adapted to their needs. This article presents the situation of elderly people, especially their opportunities in the area of educational activity in the situation of retirement. It tries to show how the requirement of informal and non-formal education becomes an obligation, and how much it is perceived by elderly people as external coercion.