Senility is often considered as homogeneous group of people with exceptional feature – disability. Having no needs, godliness, fluster, anger are other features that are attributed to old age. All these features, named as oldness, are general meanings of old age. It is very important to reveal the disjunction between personal and general meanings of old age on purpose to socially rehabilitate old age. So, it is very important to know: what impact do the general meanings of old age have on self-awareness? What is the role of the social setting in construction of the oldness? How can a nursing institution contribute to construction of the oldness?

Raktažodžiai: old age, perceptions, social setting