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Social Relationships in Old Age
VERUŇÁK, Ondřej
The bachelor thesis deals with social relations in old age. It is divided into three chapters. The first chapter defines the concepts of aging and old age, describes the demographic changes in contemporary society and age periodization in terms of calendar. It also describes typical physical and mental changes that occur in old age. The second chapter is devoted to the question how old age affects old people's social life. It focuses on the transformations of family, marital and social relationships in old age. This chapter also deals with the issue of ageism and the transition of seniors to institutional care. The relationship of seniors, the question of faith and spiritual needs in old age, together with the question of how society perceives death today is the subject of the last part of the chapter. The third chapter contains a qualitative research - interviews with some seniors on the above mentioned topics of social relationships in old age.

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