According to demographic trends, the ratio of senior citizens in the overall population of the Republic of Serbia is rising. This generates the need to create socially acceptable and economically sustainable models for the protection of the elderly. The goal of this paper is to stress the necessity of analyzing and evaluating the efficiency of social protection services aimed at senior citizens...

By problematising age-related categorisations in community health education this article calls for reflection on approaches to research that, while they may facilitate practice, risk overlooking valuable local skills. Classifying people as ‘Senior Citizen’ or the like may help to direct delivery of services, but may also imply an end to useful participation in community life. In contrast, the a...

Doug Gurian-Sherman and Noel Gurwick are senior scientists in the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) Food and Environment Program. The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) is the leading science-based nonprofit working for a healthy environment and a safer world. UCS combines independent scientific research and citizen action to develop innovative, practical solutions and to secure responsible ...

Welfare vehicles are convenient equipments for a senior citizen. Because they have a nonholonomic characteristic, driving them are uneasy. Especially, since the area that can move in the parking lot is limited, the operation is very difficult. To help his parking, an intelligent parking support system by fuzzy control that built in expert’s knowledge is developed. This system does the support t...

This paper presents an ethnographic case study that aims to understand the meaning of social participation in a neighbourhood for daily mobility in later life. In the study, the mobility of the participants of a senior-citizen project was monitored over 18 months. The project was founded as a result of a municipal district's targeting of social sustainability. The results show that social parti...

The major objective of this paper was to know the reasons elderly stay in senior citizen homes both paid and free homes. And identify their preference aspirations etc. study conducted six which were located different areas Guntur District. In these six, three another data collected through case interview methods. findings reveal that differences adjustment problem with Daughter-in-law/son, Negl...