Is the Czech countryside age-friendly? Challenges and
Opportunities of Rural Ageing

VIDOVIĆOVÁ, Lucie. Is the Czech countryside age-friendly? Challenges and Opportunities of Rural Ageing. In Population Aging: Challenges and Opportunities - International Conference. 2017.

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AU  - Vidovićová, Lucie
PY  - 2017
TI  - Is the Czech countryside age-friendly? Challenges and Opportunities of Rural Ageing
KW  - rural
KW  - ageing
KW  - age-friendliness
KW  - quality of life
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L2  - http://www.keynote.cz/population-aging-healthy-lives-healthy-aging/event/39/
N2  - The paper introduces the Age-friendly Index as a way of measuring the age-friendliness of rural environments. Validation of the results of the index is based on experimental open-ended question analysis. The idea of “age-friendliness” is an expression of socially inclusive policies which not only provide a place of care and support services, but also guarantee a space in which positive public opinion is constructed and non-discriminatory attitudes affecting the well-being of seniors are strengthened. Its characteristic feature is its multidimensionality, which includes the physical and social environment, ideally integrated with each other by means of appropriate policies, services, and structures. It is not uncommon to perceive cities as those undergoing deep and profound changes, leaving the idea of rural as much more stable, tranquil or even dull spaces. The social reality may, however, be quite distant from this image, as villages and smaller towns have been influenced by many social, demographic, legal and economic changes in the last few decades. Given these complex background changes, rural areas represent very different challenges to later life quality compared to urban areas. While in the urban context issues such as perceived safety, physical barriers and possibly exclusionary processes such as gentrification, higher costs of housing and goods are among the most prevalent, for rural populations, the major obstacles are determined by the municipality size and its accessibility. The presentation is based on the data from representative survey carried out in July/August 2016 among the rural population (small towns and villages with less than 5000 inhabitants) aged 60+ (N = 1299). The survey is a part of the project “Rural ageing: unanswered question(s) in environmental gerontology” (The Czech Scientific Agency Project No. 16-20873S).
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Basic information
Original name	Is the Czech countryside age-friendly? Challenges and Opportunities of Rural Ageing
Authors	VIDOVIĆOVÁ, Lucie (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
Edition	Population Aging: Challenges and Opportunities - International Conference, 2017.

Other information
Original language	English
Type of outcome	Presentations at conferences
Field of Study	50401 Sociology
Country of publisher	Czech Republic
Confidentiality degree	is not subject to a state or trade secret
WWW	URL
RIV identification code	RIV/00216224:14230/17:00094802
Organization unit	Faculty of Social Studies
Keywords in English	rural; ageing; age-friendliness; quality of life
Tags	rivok
Changed by	Changed by: Mgr. Blanka Farkašová, učo 97333. Changed: 16/3/2018 12:14.

Abstract

The paper introduces the Age-friendly Index as a way of measuring the age-friendliness of rural environments. Validation of the results of the index is based on experimental open-ended question analysis. The idea of “age-friendliness” is an expression of socially inclusive policies which not only provide a place of care and support services, but also guarantee a space in which positive public opinion is constructed and non-discriminatory attitudes affecting the well-being of seniors are strengthened. Its characteristic feature is its multidimensionality, which includes the physical and social environment, ideally integrated with each other by means of appropriate policies, services, and structures. It is not uncommon to perceive cities as those undergoing deep and profound changes, leaving the idea of rural as much more stable, tranquil or even dull spaces. The social reality may, however, be quite distant from this image, as villages and smaller towns have been influenced by many social, demographic, legal and economic changes in the last few decades. Given these complex background changes, rural areas represent very different challenges to later life quality compared to urban areas. While in the urban context issues such as perceived safety, physical barriers and possibly exclusionary processes such as gentrification, higher costs of housing and goods are among the most prevalent, for rural populations, the major obstacles are determined by the municipality size and its accessibility. The presentation is based on the data from representative survey carried out in July/August 2016 among the rural population (small towns and villages with less than 5000 inhabitants) aged 60+ (N = 1299). The survey is a part of the project “Rural ageing: unanswered question(s) in environmental gerontology” (The Czech Scientific Agency Project No. 16-20873S).

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GA16-20873S, research and development project	Name: Stárnutí na venkově: nezodpovězené otázky environmentální gerontologie (Acronym: RA)
GA16-20873S, research and development project	Investor: Czech Science Foundation

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