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Kwestia opiekuńcza w agendzie polityki senioralnej w Polsce
The Long-Term Care Issue in the Agenda of the Policy for Senior Citizens in Poland

Author(s): Rafał Bakalarczyk
Subject(s): Politics, Public Administration, Public Law, Gerontology
Published by: Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie
Keywords: long term care; senior citizens; elderly; policy agenda; elderly care

Summary/Abstract: The article is about the contemporary agenda of the policy for senior citizens in Poland, concerning especially the long-term care issue. In the first part, there are key concepts of the article defined, such as "agenda in the public policy", "policy for senior citizens" and long-term care issue". In the second part, there are several policy documents and programmes for the aged examined, which provides the overview of the current elderly and long-term policy and its agenda. !e analysis includes the governmental documents and programmes, as well as the activity (concerning long-term care for the elderly) of some other central institutions such as the Ombudsman and Supreme Audit Office and Office of Competition and Consumer Protection. The article ends with the conclusions.

  • Issue Year: 16/2017
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 57-85
  • Page Count: 29
  • Language: English, Polish