Published: 2019-01-01

Psychological and social changes of older people a challenge for pastoral ministry

Angelika Wiech

Abstract

The article aims to show the psychological and social changes of the elderly. The situation of change is not easy and requires appropriate knowledge and well-chosen measures applied to individual needs. The pastoral ministry of the Church should constantly examine and adapt its activities in order to better reach the old man. The changes specific to this period presented in the article indicate new challenges for the Church and set directions for further pastoral ministry for the elderly.

Keywords:

eldery people, pastoral ministry, contemporary challenges, psychogerontology, social gerontology

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Wiech, A. (2019). Psychological and social changes of older people a challenge for pastoral ministry. Warszawskie Studia Pastoralne, 1(43), 149–163. Retrieved from https://czasopisma.uksw.edu.pl/index.php/wsp/article/view/9820

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