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Rekreacja seniorów w Polsce i w Niemczech
Recreation of Seniors in Poland and in Germany

Author(s): Małgorzata Szadłowska
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Sociology, Gerontology
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: old age; recreation and its functions; personalistic conception if old age

Summary/Abstract: Nowadays a constructive attitute towards life and old age is desirable and an elderly man who evinces it likes company and entertainment, he is cheerful and has positive attitude towards future. He or she participates actively in various kinds of recreation.Recreation performs various functions for seniors, depending on their health conditions, personality features, place of residence and the contens of their wallets. Elderly people's recreational activity assumes different forms in Poland and in Germany. Personalistic perpective of old age constitutes disparate implications for person's pedagogy.

  • Issue Year: 9/2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 91-108
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish