In my master’s thesis, I research community aging. In the theoretical part, I present age and aging, services, programs and organizations that contribute for better aging, and I also present the needs in age period. I also describe the concept of social work with older people and define the concept of community social work. I highlight an represent the issue of aging of the entire population and present the statistics on aging for the municipality of Zreče. In my research work, I am focusing on the needs of the older people in the municipality of Zreče and explore what types of assistance are already available in the area. In this part, I also present my qualitative research based on a group interview. The purpose of the research is to obtain results that will serve the municipality of Zreče primarily as a basis for planning a concept in the direction of improving the situation of older people in this area.The results will also be able to improve and strengthen existing services. The research will also be presented at one of the meetings of the committee " Older people friendly municipality of Zreče". I have found that the lifestyles of the interlocutors are quite different: some live more calmly, others a little less. They need help especially with physical tasks and coping with modern technology. The interlocutors also want more socializing with people and better financial support. The most important thing for the interlocutors is good health and socializing with others. Participants accept the age period positively and have a good opinion of age. The main problems that the interlocutors face are poor sleep and financial problems. In everyday life, the interlocutors face risks all the tme, but they do not burden themselves too much with them, and their greatest fear is to depend on the help of other people. Participants have a good social network, within which they always receive help, mostly from their closest family members or neighbors.
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