Naslov
Strategic Documents on Older People – The Case of Croatia

Autori
Klempić Bogadi, Sanja ; Podgorelec, Sonja

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
GEOBALCANICA 2022 Proceedings / - Skopje : Geobalcancia Society, 2022, 171-180

Skup
8th International Scientific Conference GEOBALCANICA 2022

Mjesto i datum
Beograd, Srbija, 09.05.2022. - 10.05.2022

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
older people, strategic documents, Croatia, active and healthy ageing

Sažetak
With 21.4% of its population aged 65 and over and a median age of 44.4 years, Croatia is among the oldest European and world countries. Population ageing and changes in economic, political, and social life (particularly changes in the family, but also in the attitude of the individual and society towards ageing) require new approaches in planning to meet the needs of older people and organising comprehensive formal, institutional and non-institutional forms of care for those in need. This paper aims to analyse the main strategic documents dealing with older people and their most common problems and offering solutions, mainly to meet their primary needs. The following documents have been analysed: the Social Welfare Strategy for Older People in the Republic of Croatia for the period 2017–2020, the Strategy for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion in the Republic of Croatia 2014–2020, and the National Plan to Combat Poverty and Social Exclusion in Croatia for the period from 2021 to 2027. The analysis will seek to assess the extent to which the specific objectives of the operational plans are in line with the planned integrated approach to social services, with the basic criterion being the quality of services and individual needs. Any analysis of the challenges relating to population ageing and the ways to solve them, as well as the quality of life of older people, should be focused on the concept of active and healthy ageing, i.e. the potential of older people to contribute to their own well-being, family and community well-being.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Sociologija, Demografija, Geografija

POVEZANOST RADA