Elderly in the Clutches of Poverty

Zaključno delo tematizira revščino starejših ljudi. V prvem delu je predstavljena revščina z različnih vidikov, predstavljeni so tudi nekateri statistični podatki o revščini v Sloveniji. V nadaljevanju se delo posveča revščini starejših z vidika materialne preskrbljenosti, socialne izključenosti in kakovosti življenja. Naslovljeno je tudi vprašanje, zakaj so starejše ženske bolj nagnjene k tveganju revščine. Na primeru treh humanitarnih organizacij in na podlagi analize njihovih projektov delo odgovarja na vprašanje o vlogi humanitarnih organizacij pri prepoznavanju in reševanju problematike revščine starejših.The thesis focuses on the poverty of elderly. The first part presents phenomenon of poverty in various aspects, as well as some statistical data on poverty in Slovenia. In the following, the thesis focuses on the poverty of the elderly in terms of material security, social exclusion and quality of life. One of the chapters also addresses the question of why elderly women are more at risk of poverty. In the case of three humanitarian organizations and the analysis of their projects, the thesis answers the question of the role of humanitarian organizations in identifying and solving the problem of poverty among the elderly