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The level of activity of old people is measured by the special index called Active Aging Index. The main purpose of the article is to present this index as a tool to evaluate policy toward old people. Author focused on t...

The natural consequence of many chronic diseases is appearing the time disability. The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence of disability of older people benefiting from social assistance. The study was condu...

Ageing which is one of the characteristics of contemporary urbanization process is considered to witness the progress and a high degree of advancement of the process. There is also the matter of civilization in bringing ...

In the article the most significant issues in geriatric ward design are presented, those which allows to support the functional activity of elderly patients. In contemporary healthcare architecture the tendency of breaki...

The article presents the functional factors of geriatric hospitals and their influence on the fulfillment of the patients’ social needs. It has been assumed that there exist a number of spatial determinants that may ...