The increasing number of elderly people in the demographic structure of Poland influences the goals and tasks of designing residential buildings. The authors present the most frequent forms of housing for elderly people and stress the necessity of staying in their own socio-spatial environment. Unfortunately the main place among the special!; forms of housing in Poland take homes and clinics run within the confines of the Social! Welfare centres. They are collective housing structures with a diverse programme of services. An elderly person gets detached from her/his so-far environment without any chance to come back. An alternative could be the creation of so-called Temporary Old People's Home, i.e. a place intended for elderly people to stay there from 3 weeks to 3 months. The reason of their stay there could be a rehabilitation, holidays of their carers or referrals from their doctors. The moving to another form could also be an impulse for integration and would allow to assess the abilities of the elderly person to live unaided. However, the most desirable form is leaving the elderly people in their own flat or house, providing adaptation of the facilities as well as guaranteeing a diverse programme of services.
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