Reflection on Redefinition of Elderly People's Role in the Modern Society
Streszczenie
The purpose of the presented paper is to redefine the place and category
of elderly people facing the demographic and cultural changes in the contemporary
world. It presents the lack of precision to define the topic because of the internal cate-
gory differentiation. The paper makes an attempt to discuss the generation gap distance
on the basis of Margaret Mead's theory and tries to give an answer to the question of the
present and future role of elderly people in the post-modern society.