Urban planning is facing major challenges in harmonizing of possible structural gaps between the built environment and ageing. The built environment is an important factor that affects the quality of human life, especially the elderly. Urban planning should therefore be sustained also in the context of an ageing society, since it plays an important role in enabling for older people to remain active members of society, especially local communities, in which they reside, despite their the mobility, sensory and cognitive difficulties.
B.04 Guest lecture
COBISS.SI-ID: 2875075In 2006, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Functional Impairments, the origin of which are the principles of the United Nations Charter. The purpose of the Convention is to promote, protect and ensure the enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by persons with functional impairments, including the right to access without any obstacles in the living environment. It is estimated that people with functional impairments constitute 15 to 20% of Europe’s active population. As developed countries face a rapid increase of the elderly, especially those older than 80 years, it is expected that the proportion of people with functional impairments will increase in society in the future. The paper presents the obstacles in the living environment that older people face every day. Some solutions have also been presented, which could be help functionally impaired remain full-time members of society and would, as such, be actively involved in social life as long as possible.
B.04 Guest lecture
COBISS.SI-ID: 2859459Home care is one of the key services for ensuring quality ageing in place. In Slovenia, home care began to develop in the 1990s, but only a small proportion of the elderly is included in it. The article presents what types of assistance the older people receive or would need to perform certain activities. It turned out that the family in Slovenia is the primary care provider to the elderly and thus confirms a high level of familyism for Slovenia, but unfortunately, support for family careers by social policies is relatively small.
F.30 Professional assessment of the situation
COBISS.SI-ID: 2869955