The Function of the family within the social support to the aged
Keywords:
age, aging period, family, pluralization, social nets, support for elderly people, third life period futureAbstract
In the article the author presents the third life period, i.e. the period of aging. She focuses on the problems which not only society but also elderly people face. Getting old is part of our life. In modern society and the time we live in, aging presents one of the key problems for modern society. The principles, discussed and promoted by the social gerontology, become a utopia not only for elderly people but for modern society as well. The social gerontology should guarantee three of its main views, i.e. it should allow elderly people to live their life in an environment they used to be during their most productive years and those who are not able to live the third life period in their domestic environment and simultanously offer an adequate health and social care. The author states and stresses the meaning of the family as the basic social net which in the past offered the care for older family members. Due to pluralization the family structure has been transformed. Thus, new forms of cohabitation, family and partner living in a modern society call for adequately changed needs of the family members. However, this surely influences the inter-generation networks as well as the third life period care.
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