Senior policy in hungary, poland and russia (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego)

Tytuł Senior Policy in Hungary, Poland and Russia Autorzy Bogusława Urbaniak, Yaroslava Evseeva, Laszlo Patyan Język angielski Wydawnictwo Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego ISBN 978-83-8142-871-2 Rok wydania 2020 Łódź Wydanie 1 liczba stron 136 Format pdf Spis treści Introduction – Bogusława Urbaniak 9
1. The European Union is going grey – main trends – Bogusława Urbaniak 13
References 16
2. Senior policy – what are we talking about? A terminological analysis – Bogusława Urbaniak 19
References 23
3. Senior policies in Hungary – László Patyán 25
3.1. Preface 25
3.2. International guidelines for ageing policies 26
3.2.1. Ageing in place 26
3.2.2. The age-friendly environment 27
3.2.3. Active ageing policies 29
3.2.4. Care policies and the main directions of care-related policies 30
3.2.5. Pension policy 32
3.3. The major demographic characteristics of Hungary 33
3.4. Policies supporting the ageing process and older adults in Hungary 38
3.4.1. Policy planning levels: state and municipality 38
3.4.2. The success and failures of decentralisation 39
3.4.3. New paternalism 40
3.5. Active ageing policies in Hungary 42
3.5.1. Change of situation 42
3.5.2. National Senior Strategy 43
3.5.3. European Year 2012 43
3.5.4. The age-friendly environment 44
3.6. Current strategies and processes 45
3.6.1. Employment of the older people 45
3.6.2. Promoting the social participation of older people: the Elderly Council and Senior Citizen Rapporteur program 47
3.6.3. Care policy 48
3.7. The senior policy of municipalities 49
3.8. Conclusions 51
References 52
4. Senior policy in Poland – Bogusława Urbaniak 59
4.1. Senior policy in Poland – an outline 59
4.2. Between the central and local government’s activities 66
4.3. The Human Rights Defender’s activities on behalf of older people 68
4.4. The government’s policy toward older people in the labour market 70
4.5. Retirement policy 74
4.6. Old-age and disability pensions in Poland in 2019 79
4.7. Senior policy in the city and voivodeship of Łódź 82
4.8. Conclusions 89
References 89
5. Senior policy: Russia and Moscow – Yaroslava Evseeva 95
5.1. Demography 95
5.2. Social services and social care 97
5.3. The pension system 104
5.4. Labour policy 111
5.5. Educational and cultural policy 117
5.6. Conclusions 123
References 126
Conclusions – Bogusława Urbaniak 131
About the Authors 135