The master's thesis focuses on examining the situation and needs in working with the elderly in the Municipality of Grosuplje. The theoretical section touches on the ageing trend, age-friendly municipalities, and ageing in place; it presents previously collected data on the needs of the elderly and the existing forms of assistance provided to old people in Slovenia, which greatly influence the area of long-term care. At the end of the theoretical section, the Municipality of Grosuplje is presented, which is where the combined survey was conducted. The empirical section presents the results obtained by conducting three one-on-one and two dyadic interviews with providers of services and programmes for the elderly in the Municipality of Grosuplje, and through an online survey administered to residents of Grosuplje; in both cases, convenience sampling was used. The questions related to the (current) needs of old people; to ways of spending free time in old age; to familiarization with services and programmes for the elderly; to the age-friendly municipality; to cooperation among providers; to the challenges they face; to reactions to the ageing trend, etc. It has been established that the ageing trend is mostly evident in the increased number of applications for institutional care and the growing number of service users with dementia, for whom there are not enough suitable services and programmes. Thus, the current needs have turned out to be self-help groups of relatives of people with dementia and other programmes adapted to people with dementia; as far as forms of housing are concerned, there is a need for assisted living residences. Both the interviewees and the respondents are largely of the opinion that Grosuplje is an age-friendly municipality, which is mostly evident from the offer of transport services that meets old people's mobility needs. According to the respondents, the municipality offers, on average, enough services and programmes for the elderly; however, they feel that the quality of life of the elderly could be improved further by showing respect for them, including them in society, and keeping them informed. The survey has shown that residents are poorly informed of the services and programmes; the most important source of information has turned out to be the local newspaper Grosupeljski odmevi. Both the interviewees and the respondents would like to spend their old age in their home environment; they view institutional care as an alternative option, which they would rather avoid. It has been determined that cooperation among providers is good; they see opportunities for new forms of cooperation mostly in the field of palliative care (a palliative team). The research results are useful for providers of services and programmes for the elderly, as they give an overview of the current situation in elderly care and of potential deficit areas.
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