Growth prospects for the silver economy in the market segment of residential care services provided to dependent elderly people

Iwański Rafał ()
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Iwański Rafał: Applied Gerontology and Thanatology Group, Institute of Pedagogy, University of Szczecin, ul. Ogińskiego 17, 71-431 Szczecin, Poland

Economics and Business Review, 2024, vol. 10, issue 2, 165-186

Abstract: The aim of this study is to characterise the determinants of the development of the silver economy in the field of care services provided in a residential form for dependent elderly persons in Poland. The analysis was carried out on the basis of statistical and financial background data, including those from the Ministry of Family and Social Affairs, the Ministry of Health, OECD, etc. Although the demand for care services will continue to grow in the coming years, the following barriers to the development of this segment of the silver economy can be identified: lack of employees, unattractiveness of monetary gratification, inefficient financing mechanisms, lack of public investment in the development of care facilities, and increasing costs of providing services in all forms.

Keywords: economics of the elderly; silver economy; demographic trends; labour demand; welfare programme (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H53 I38 J11 J14 J23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.18559/ebr.2024.2.1255

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