Subiektywne poczucie satysfakcji życiowej osób starszych
Older people’s subjective sense of life satisfaction

Summary/Abstract: Life satisfaction is a complex and highly subjective concept.Scholars studying this issue have made numerous attemptsto define it. Whether we are happy, or have a senseof fulfilment, or we delight in the years we have livedthrough and in everyday life, it is all related to the aforementionedlife satisfaction. The article deals with the subjectivesense of life satisfaction among elderly people whoare members of the Senior Club in a rural-urban district.The article is based on material obtained from in-depthinterviewing. The research objective was to explore andobtain thorough knowledge of the sense of life satisfactionof elderly people. Particular attention is paid to selectedfactors that determined the perception of life satisfaction.On the basis of the participants’ opinions, certain groupsof factors were selected that were more often indicated askey factors in the assessment of life satisfaction, i.e. health,housing situation, place of residence, family relations,neighbourly relations and a sense of social utility. The articlepresents the complexity of the problem and the needfor an individual approach to the topic, due to the changingface of ageing and old age.

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