The explication of demografic indicators, which define the phenomenon of "old nations" in the contemporary developed world in general and in Slovenia in particular, is followed by a basic analysis of political, economical, social and moral-ethical implications. In this context the appearance of gerontocracy and the generation-gap conflicts is particularly emphasized. Both phenomena are illuminated by data collected in elsewhere and in Slovenia. The attitudes toward nursing homes for the elderly, day-care and health institutions and with them connected economic problems are part of the paper which point of departure was the global process of transition from the industrial to the post-industrial society.
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