https://doi.org/10.21697/snr.2018.50.5.08
The article focuses on the issues of loneliness and isolation, which are seen primarily as negative states, and carry various unpleasant consequences for those experiencing them, including depression. Loneliness afflicts the elderly in a special way, when they end their professional activity, when their social network decreases, when their loved ones die. This study draws attention to the interchangeability of the notion of loneliness and isolation in the literature of the subject as well as in everyday language, which position is also shared by the authors. There was also a tendency to avoid unambiguous definition of the term “old man”, using instead the terms of the type: senior, seniors, or people of the third, fourth and late age. Then, the reasons for loneliness of seniors were briefly addressed, paying special attention to the role and importance of the family as a factor reducing the risk of loneliness. The article also discusses the issue of professional care and the challenges facing it.
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