Socio-Philosophical and Socio-Psychological Problems of Old Age
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https://doi.org/10.24234/wisdom.v23i3.722Keywords:
population aging, elderly people, the meaning of life, problems of elderly people, loneliness, satisfaction with life, demographic changesAbstract
The article provides a justification for the need to study the socio-philosophical, socio-psychological and demographic problems of old age. The main problems of the elderly as a socially vulnerable group are considered.
The article focuses on the main issues and problems of ageing, such as loneliness, deterioration of health, loss or reduction of social ties, changes in interpersonal and family relationships, issues of ensuring livelihood, that is, problems that have their influence and impact on the tendencies of changing the meaning of life in this age period.
The data of research both carried out by the authors and carried out on their initiative are presented. The article presents the results of studies concerning the attitude of older people to the world around them, their assessment of the years they have lived and visions about the meaning of life of respondents in the Republic of Armenia, the Russian Federation and the Kyrgyz Republic.
The article focuses on the philosophical problem of the meaning of life - a topic that affects the interests of each person. Usually, this concept refers to the assessment of a person’s entire life, and covers the problem of his interaction with the surrounding reality.
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