User:Chlorofil/Silver economy

Silver economy, also senior economy - system of production, distribution and consumption of goods and services aimed at using the purchasing potential of older and aging people and satisfying their consumption, living and health needs. The silver economy is analyzed on the ground social gerontology not as existing economic system but as an instrument public policy and the political idea of forming a potential, needs-oriented economic system aging population. Its main element is gerontechnologia as a new scientific, research and implementation paradigm. It is understood that the silver economy is not a single sector, but rather a collection of products and services from many existing sectors, including information technology, telecommunications, financial sector, housing, transport, energy, tourism, culture, infrastructure and local services, and long-term care.

The phrase "silver economy" is sometimes used interchangeably with the term "silver market", which is a narrower concept. The wording "silver market" was created in the early seventies of the XX century in Japan in the context of increasing the availability of facilities for seniors and includes, among others, good, values and services for affluent older people; special solutions in trade between operators, allowing adjustments to aging work resources; ideas "universal design"And" intergenerational ", whose aim is to adapt goods and services to people of different ages, physical condition and cognitive abilities, which may result in social integration.