At the Crossroads of Life: Belgraders’ Perceptions of Their Old Age Cover Image

Na životnim raskrsnicama: predstave Beograđana o svojoj starosti
At the Crossroads of Life: Belgraders’ Perceptions of Their Old Age

Author(s): Senka Kovač
Subject(s): Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Health and medicine and law, Gerontology
Published by: Филозофски факултет, Универзитет у Београду
Keywords: old age; neighborly relations; Belgrade; Vračar; successful aging; well-aging; healthy aging;

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents the results of several years’ fieldwork among the elderly population in Belgrade. The study examines the attitudes towards old age of elderly Belgraders living alone, those living with their families, and also those living in the Gerontology Center nursing home. The position of elderly people in the social network in the Belgrade municipality of Vračar is also explored. In this era of longevity and at a time of global economic crisis which is also affecting Serbia, it would be useful to reconsider the concepts of successful aging, well-aging and healthy aging

  • Issue Year: 5/2010
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 57-74
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Serbian