Problem of the elderly people. The situation in the European Union

Abstract

The article presents the on-going normative documents, among others, European Social Card, The Social Card of the European Union, the Project of the Treaty establishing constitution for Europe, referring to elderly people and their basic rights: right to medical care, social security, social and medical aid, access to social assistance. Processing the changes in the social structure, it is emphasized that the ratio of elderly people involved in the work marker is lower in comparison to European Union. Lately, the problem of employment stimulation has acquired the primary interest.