The growth of Third Age population in Italy is a very important phenomenon, Italian Elderly have become progressively longevous and they experience better quality of life. The Third Age has developed into a longer and more meaningful period where people manifest not only care and medical needs but also a strong demand for social participation and citizenship. This is the reason for the increase in educational activities addressed to Elderly in Italy during the last decades. After briefly describing the Italian Elderly population from a demographical and social point of view this chapter outlines an analysis of the numerous and varied educa-tional initatives addressed to the ageing Italian population from a pedagogical per-spective.
Luppi, E. (2016). Italy. New York : Springer [10.1007/978-3-319-24939-1].
Italy
LUPPI, ELENA
2016
Abstract
The growth of Third Age population in Italy is a very important phenomenon, Italian Elderly have become progressively longevous and they experience better quality of life. The Third Age has developed into a longer and more meaningful period where people manifest not only care and medical needs but also a strong demand for social participation and citizenship. This is the reason for the increase in educational activities addressed to Elderly in Italy during the last decades. After briefly describing the Italian Elderly population from a demographical and social point of view this chapter outlines an analysis of the numerous and varied educa-tional initatives addressed to the ageing Italian population from a pedagogical per-spective.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
