https://doi.org/10.21697/snr.2018.50.5.05
Demand for assistant and care services for the elderly is determined, among other reasons, by demographic determinants. Poland, like other developed countries, is experiencing a progressive population ageing process. In the coming few decades, the dynamics of this process will increase significantly. The ageing of societies implies many challenges, including the necessity to provide care to dependent elderly people. The aim of the article is to analyze selected demographic determinants of the ageing process of Polish society. The subject of the analysis is to verify the hypothesis about decreasing possibilities of taking care of the elderly by members of the family in the light of the progressive ageing process of the Polish society in the time perspective up to 2080. Data used in article come from the Eurostat database (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/data/database) and from the research entitled: Health Status of the Polish Population in 2014 carried out by the Central Statistical Office (https://stat.gov.pl/obszary-tematyczne/zdrowie/ zdrowie/stan-zdrowia-ludnosci-polski-w-2014-r-,6,6.html).
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