Aging is a process that cannot be influenced by us because it is natural and has to be generally accepted. An increasing number of the elderly can no longer take care of themselves after reaching a certain age either because they are either very ill or immobile or they simply need the help of their carers to lead a normal life. This is how, together with their loved ones, they reach a decision to spend the rest of their lives in a retirement home. Since this is their home, it must not represent a “withering institution” before death but a space where they can live in peace and comfort while also being offered help and the possibility of an active lifestyle and satisfaction. Life inside a retirement home is of course influenced by two factors that are at the core of this graduation thesis. The tesis investigates the psychological and the financial problem. Within those, the graduation thesis explores the problems in various directions and presents both on the case of two retirement homes, the public Retirement Home Ljubljana – Šiška and the private retirement home DEOS Trnovo.
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