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. In addition to general social processes such as falling birthrates and increasing life expectancy, these are primarily the result of spatial movement of the population. The conclusion presents some consequences that will arise in Slovenian territory and society in the future due to population aging.
COBISS.SI-ID: 38629421
Due to demographic change, Slovenia is facing the important challenge of how to provide care for the elderly and ensure their quality of life. Social home care is a service for elderly people who wish to remain in their home for as long as possible. In this article, we analyse the quality of social home care as perceived by the users of social home care. We applied the model for evaluating access to services developed by Penchansky and Thomas (1981; 1984). The analysis is based on the first representative survey of users of social home care (2013). Employing the hierarchical clustering method we identified three groups of users who have different perceptions of the quality of social home care, namely those very satisfied with care, those dissatisfied with the price of social home care, and those dissatisfied with social home care. Through multinomial regression analysis we discovered that very satisfied users differ from dissatisfied ones (with price) in their income, the price of the care they are paying, and unfulfilled needs. Dissatisfied users are those with intensive use of social home care, high levels of need, health problems and receiving care from large organisations.
COBISS.SI-ID: 33320541
In this chapter we explore the relationship between social exclusion in its different components (economic, social, spatial, health care) and the long-term care of older people. We look specifically at the factors that are related to the extent of unmet care needs. The construct “unmet care need” is defined here as a situation in which people need long-term care, due to disability, but are not in receipt of any care, either formal or informal. Our goal is to clarify whether social exclusion predicts such unmet need and, as such, has an adverse effect on conditions of living in late life.
COBISS.SI-ID: 33584989