POVERTY OF ELDERLY POPULATION AND SOCIAL POLICY PRACTISES IN TURKEY

Journal Title: Journal of International Health Sciences and Management - Year 2016, Vol 2, Issue 2

Abstract

By the help of the developments in social and medical fields, it has been seen that average lifetime has almost doubled in comparison with two centuries before. This fact brings elderliness phenomenon forward as a social problem. Elderly population is progressively increasing in developed and developing countries, which poses various problems in social, economical and social security systems. As the individuals grow older, they work less or lose the ability to work and they are exposed to discrimination, which makes aging-based poverty a current issue. For this reason, poverty of elderly is a major issue for elders. In order to improve the situation of elderly, social policy-based practises are highly significant. Such implementations of social policy ought to aim an active, independent, decent and happy elderliness by considering changing demographic structure.

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Celal Sülü

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Celal Sülü (2016). POVERTY OF ELDERLY POPULATION AND SOCIAL POLICY PRACTISES IN TURKEY. Journal of International Health Sciences and Management, 2(2), 126-134. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-332946