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• Democratic values – discriminative practices regarding to the status of the elderly

  64-76.

  J. Hell

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  133

  The scientific study of gerontology in Hungary has a short history. Perhaps that is why the
  meaning of gerontology is erroneously restricted to the type belonging to biology and medical
  sciences by many. The present study argues that human and social science gerontology does
  have reasons for its existence. We outline the specific areas of research done by philosophy
  and ethics in connection with the situation of the existence of people, especially that of the
  elderly and describe what their mission consists of. We analyse the history of Western
  philosophical thinking and the moral ideas and values formed by this thinking in thousands of
  years. The basic principles of modern democratic societies are constituted by these ideas:
  liberty, equality, justice, brotherhood, human dignity and human rights. In practice these
  rights are often violated, for example the elderly people are discriminated against their age,
  which violates their equality and justice as well as human dignity. Their disadvantageous
  situation is obvious in the economy, politics, culture, education and relations between
  generations. The task of ethics is the principle criticism of these practices along the Western
  values thus contribution to the formation of human conditions. The demographic crisis of the
  continent is viewed by the EU as based on modern age policy, aids, projects and classical
  Western values.

• Social Impact Investing Opportunities in eHealth

  60-61

  Martin Zsarnoczky

  Fanni Zsarnocky-Dulházi

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  19

  In general, social impact investing may refer to providing capital to companies, organizations, and funds that are focused on solving critical societal or environmental problems. Social responsibility includes ideas that investors should balance profit-making with activities that benefit society as well because social impact investing focuses on positively impacting the society where it operates. Recently, large international companies reconsidering their motivation within their companies’ goal while their consumers purchase goods and services shifting their responsibility to profits and benefits. It seems small and medium-sized companies need also to develop ethics that guarantee the success of their activity with social responsibility issues. Therefore, for the most effectiveness of social impacts, the companies voluntarily have to operate under pressure from outside forces such as the conscious society.

• Determining the Reasons of Older People for Choosing a Nursing Home: A Comparative Study

  53-54

  Arzu Yüksel

  Emel Bahadir Yilmaz

  Cansu Esra Kesekci

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  72

  Purpose:
  This study was conducted as a descriptive and comparative study to determine why a nursing home was chosen for the elderly.

  Methods:
  The population of the descriptive study consisted of older people living in a community-dwelling or a nursing home in the Central Anatolian Region of Turkey. The sample consisted of 342 elderly individuals who agreed to participate in the study between October and November 2019 (nursing home: n = 79, community-dwelling: n = 263). After obtaining the permission of the ethics committee (no: 2019/04-03), the data were collected by “Questionnaire Form for Individuals Living in Nursing Homes” and “Questionnaires for Individuals Living in Community-Dwelling."
  The Chi-square Test analyzed data, and the descriptive characteristics were presented as numbers, percentage, mean, standard deviation, minimum and maximum.

  Results:
  The average age of the elderly living in a nursing home was 77.35±7.40 (min: 66, max: 97), and the average age of community-dwelling older people was 70.90±5.57 (min: 65, max: 88). Before coming to the nursing home, 38.0% lived with their spouses, and 35.4% lived alone. 81.7% of community-dwelling older people lived with their families. There was a difference in terms of some sociodemographic variables between both groups. Elderly people staying in nursing home; 26.6% were in the 76-81 age group; 26.6% did not have children; 38.0% had no income; 16.5% had a physical disability; 82.3% used dentures; 13.9% couldn’t do their daily care; 22.8% had low self-confident; 62.0% had sleep problems; 67.1% had no social activity; 35.4% were smokers; 88.6% of them had not visited a nursing home before (p < 0.05).

  Conclusion:
  Compared to the community-dwelling older people, the elderly living in a nursing home were more senior, lonely, had a lower income, had higher physical disabilities, had lower social activity and self-confidence, had more sleep problems, and smoked.