The European Union Social Policy on Older People in the Light of the Deinstitutionalisation of Social Services

The first chapter proposes a holistic look at the problem of population ageing and global and regional effort to improve the quality of seniors' life and their families through the integration of healthcare, social care, and senior-friendly environment. The second chapter concentrates on the senior policy of the European Union. It concerns the promotion by member states of a health policy that would foster active ageing. The third chapter dives into the concept of care farming against the backdrop of social farming. The final chapter of the monograph presents the results of the two largest studies under the GROWID project. They investigated older people's needs against the background of the social services provided by care farms.