Housing is a basic human good and right. It plays a versatile role, allowing people to fulfil a number of needs, and it is not limited only to one%s immediate living space, but also includes an individual%s wider living environment. People%s relationship toward housing and their living environment changes over the course of their lives. Especially in old age, housing becomes more important. Research shows that the elderly want to remain in their home environments as long as possible because they are closely attached to them. In order to determine whether these findings also apply to Slovenia, this article analyses how attached the elderly in Slovenia are to their homes and wider living environment and how satisfied they are with living there. The elderly%s views were obtained with a survey, and a statistical analysis was carried out using SPSS software, based on the calculation of various statistical correlation tests. The analysis confirmed the assumption that the Slovenian elderly are also very attached to their homes or home environments and are satisfied with living there. In addition, the analysis showed some differences among the elderly in this regard depending on their age, where they live and how long they have been living in their current homes.
COBISS.SI-ID: 35387741
Due to ageing of the population, the issue of suitable housing provision for the elderly is becoming increasingly critical. Several types of housing are available to the elderly in Slovenia, and this article focuses on the two most widespread forms: eldercare facilities and owner-occupied housing. It presents their features, critically analyses the problems connected with both types of housing and presents solutions to these problems. The article is based on an analysis of relevant research literature, statistical data and the findings of studies dealing with this topic. It discusses and introduces new findings on possible ways of ensuring an adequate level of housing provision for the elderly in Slovenia in the future.
COBISS.SI-ID: 2571203
This article presents an innovative environment offering support to the elderly, and discusses its importance and operation, the efforts and achievements made to date in developing of presented innovation, and the premises for implementing it in society based on elderly people’s opinions about living in such advanced living environments. The findings show that the main goal of implementation must be assigning meaning to and understanding the concept of innovative built environments among users; in addition, they show that rapid changes in implementing innovative built environments into society are not to be expected. A major step in this regard would already be achieved if the living environments of the elderly were intentionally remodelled following the design-for-all principle, if architectural barriers were removed in them, and if new homes were built without these barriers. This alone would make it possible for the elderly to remain in their homes longer while also providing a basis for converting these living environments into smart homes by using modern assistive technologies in the future.
COBISS.SI-ID: 2577091
The Slovenian population is aging. In order to best adapt to this demographic change, it is necessary to face this issue and to study it from the perspective of various disciplines, including geography. This article therefore especially focuses on the spatial characteristics of population aging in Slovenia in addition to general characteristics. The findings show that population aging in Slovenia is not uniform; instead, there are large differences in population aging in Slovenia. Presented are some consequences that will arise in Slovenian territory and society in the future due to population aging, including housing provision for the elderly.
COBISS.SI-ID: 38629421
This article examines the trade-off between owned housing and old-age care in Slovenia where the population has been found outstandingly willing to enter residential care and also consume housing wealth for this purpose. To explain this peculiarity, a case study as a holistic in-depth analysis was conducted, combining multiple sources of quantitative survey data and qualitative interview-based insights and accounting for the institutional context and individual decisions. What was found was a modernised version of the traditional 'inheritance for care' exchange, whereby the inheritor partly finances the parent's residential care. This family-mediated trade-off between old-age care and housing wealth was found to serve as an informal equity-release scheme which in Slovenia helps bridge the post-transitional old-age gap, the syndrome of low pensions, underdeveloped care services and owner-occupied housing un-adapted to seniors. Moreover, it is hypothesised that this structural gap is common to other post-transitional countries.
COBISS.SI-ID: 33991517