Author/Editor		Krajnc, Ana
Title		Sprememba socialnega položaja, izobraževanje in usposabljanje za tretje življensko obdobje
Translated title		The change of the position in society, education and training for the third age
Type		članek
Source		Zdrav Vars
Vol. and No.		Letnik 38, št. 1-2
Publication year		1999
Volume		str. 14-9
Language		slo
Abstract		The discrimination of elderly is a part of our low social development. Elderly people are treated with prejudices and social stereotypes, their real wishes, abilities and needs are not tkane into account. To all of them we ascribe the same characteristics, emotions, low abilities and even colours. Retirement is a sharp change in everybody's life and people have to be prepared for it (preretirement education). Man is a social being and he/she needs people. The elderly have to learn how they will infuture satisfy their basic psychological and social needs. If not, they are loosing their balance. In information society the man as the value rises again to the top of the values hierarchy. This brings about a better social status for elderly, too. In Slovenia live 457.000 retired people (1998). The third age has a long time span: 30 to 35 years in average. Where did people learn and prepare themselves, how will they live in the last third of their life? How many networks of institutions, organisations and other public possibilities for people in third age exist in our society? Everything is left to random and the crowd of retired people disappear in the thousands of private addresses. The elderly are in our society socially excluded category of population. The healthy society tends to satisfy the needs of all its members.
Summary		Del naše socialne nerazvitosti je diskriminacija ljudi po starosti. Starejše obravnavamo s predsodki in po socialnem stereotipu, se ne oziramo na njihove dejanske želje, sposobnosti in potrebe. Vnaprej in vsem enako pripisujemo lastnosti, čustva, (ne)sposobnost in celo barve. Ob upokojitvi nastane v življenju velika prelomnica in ljudje morajo biti na to že prej pripravljeni (predupokojitveno izobraževanje). Človek je družbeno bitje in potrebuje ljudi. Starejši se morajo naučiti, kako bodo na nov način in pod novimi pogoji še naprej zadovoljevali svoje osnovne psihosocialne potrebe, sicer svoje ravnotežje izgubijo. V informacijski družbi se človek kot vrednota spet vrača na vrh lestvice, kar obeta boljši položaj tudi za starejše. V Sloveniji živi 457.000 upokojencev (1998). Tretje življenjsko obdobje ima velik časovni razpon, povprečno traja 30 do 35 let. Kje so se ljudje pripravljali in učili, kako bodo preživeli zadnjo tretjino življenja? Koliko je institucij, organizacij indrugih javnih možnosti za ljudi v tretjem življenjskem obdobju? Vse je preveč prepuščeno stihiji, zato se množica upokojencev porazgubi po tisoč zasebnih naslovih. Starejši so v naši družbi socialno izoločena kategorija prebivalstva. Zdrava družba zadovoljuje potrebe vseh svojih članov.
Descriptors		AGED AGING EDUCATION, CONTINUING SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT RETIREMENT