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Seniors constitute a more and more numerous consumer group. A wide and varied market offer can improve seniors’ lives; however, on the other hand, the lack of proper information about the goods and services interesting for them poses a threat. Generally, seniors are not always self-aware consumers who are familiar with their rights and who can make use of them. Therefore, it is of vital importance...
Voting by a proxy as one of the latest alternative of a Polish electoral law institution. In the article are discussed: the constitutional basis, an international law, a statutory basis, an international law basis, doctrinal disputes connected to the principle of universality and based on the voting secrecy and limitations of elderly or handicapped people for who voting by proxy is a solution. The...
European Union’s society is aging, which generates the increase in needs regarding health care and its financial repercussions. In order to meet economic needs increased by ageing population, the Health for Growth Programme was commenced. Moreover Horizon 2020, the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, will focus on, amongst societal challenges, health, demographic change and well-being...
The article is devoted to the issue of electronic medical records as a progressive instrument of implementation the patient’s right to information. Reason for such analysis is an obligation of archiving medical records only in electronic form (in force since 1 January 2018) as well as possibility to share documentation in the Polish Medical Information System (planned from 1 August 2017). Therefore...
The aim of this work is presenting main aspects of the problem of unfair and inadmissible advertising addressed to elders. The author presents the concept of advertising as well as the regulations concerning it in applicable provisions of Polish, European and international law, focusing mainly on characteristics of unfair and inadmissible advertising. Main part of work is the presentation of elders...
Presented article addresses the issue of regulation concerning the submission of electronic statements (statements of intent, a statement knowledge or consent) using a scan of a fingerprint understood as an electronic signature. The author tries to find the appropriate framework for the fingerprint scan as an electronic signature under eIDAS Regulation, which is applicable since 1 July 2016. Article...
The article raises the issue of elderly people’s behavior in a cultural goods and services market. Its purpose is to characterize these behaviors as well as organize them in a systematic way. This will serve to complement the research gap that can be observed in studies related to the cultural market. To achieve the indicated results, the analysis of secondary data was used. Analysis was used to determine...
The purpose of this article is to describe foundations, which are one of the most popular form of social activities next to associations. The author presents the foundation as a good way to the mobilization of disabled and elderly people. In the first part of the article the author presents a brief history of the development of foundations. The next section presents legal grounds of foundation in...
The presented study shows the problem of reverse mortgage as a dedicated product for the “silver market”. Due to the nature of the paper, the main research method will be an objective analysis of legal provisions related to the reverse mortgage loan as well as a critical comparative analysis of literature and economic elements related to the financial product that is a reverse mortgage. With proper...
The aim of this article is to demonstrate that the special regulations concerning the situation of an elderly person as an aggrieved party in the criminal court proceedings are rudimentary and inadequate, so it is worth to have been extended. This will be done at first by drawing attention to the definition and status of the aggrieved elderly person in the criminal court proceedings, and a description...
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