The European Union Social Policy on Older People in the Light of the Deinstitutionalisation of Social Services
A Concept of Care Farming in Rural Poland
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Beschreibung
Ageing Europe, social policy on older people, deinstitutionalization the social services, social farming
The authors propose a holistic look at the problem of population ageing and global and regional effort to improve the quality of seniors’ life and their families through the integration of healthcare, social care, and senior-friendly environment. They also concentrate on the senior policy of the European Union and the concept of care farming against the backdrop of social farming. Finally, they present the results of the two largest studies under the GROWID project. They investigated older people’s needs against the background of the social services provided by care farms.
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Wioletta Knapik
Dr hab. Wioletta Knapik is Associate Professor at the University of Agriculture in Kraków, Poland. Until 2004, she was a general manager in three large-format retail chains. She is a rural sociologist. Since 2019, she is a coordinator of the discipline of management science and quality. She is the founder and head of the Observatory of Development and Cultural Heritage, which has been operating since September 2021. She represents the University of Agriculture in the Cracow Congress Ambassadors Club. Her scientific activities focus on the study of social changes taking place in rural areas, innovation and entrepreneurship.
Themen in »The European Union Social Policy on Older People in the Light of the Deinstitutionalisation of Social Services«
Demographic changes Active seniors Social services Social farming Care Farming Healthcare European Union EU GROWID project