LUDZIE BARDZO STARZY - NIEWIDOCZNA GRUPA DOCELOWA POLITYKI SPOŁECZNEJ?

The next decades will see a sharp increase in the number of the oldest old in Poland. The increase in the number of people aged 80 years and more will be caused both by the cohort factors, as well as by a decrease in the probability of dying at advanced and very advanced age. The paper is focused on the results of official population forecasts for the oldest old and on the related challenges that should be treated as important by social policy decision makers. Particular attention is paid to surviving to the age of eligibility for receiving long-term care services, changes in health status of the oldest old, factors affecting the range of family care, and to circumstances of death. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]