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The article provides some insights into the mobility of elderly people living in different settlements, differing in gender and age. Based on the data collected by the survey, the frequencies of departures from home, the most frequently travelled distances and the common ways of overcoming distances in the elderly were determined. We compared the collected data and searched for differences in place of residence, gender and age of elderly people. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We analysed data on the weekly mortality of seniors aged 65 and older in the member states of the EU27. We aimed to model normal mortality in the time before covid-19 and use this model to analyse the deviations of true values from model predictions in the time after the emergence of covid-19. We used linear regression with autocorrelated errors to model normal mortality, which shows seasonality with increased mortality during the winter months. In the time before covid-19 deviations above three sigma occurred regularly, but deviations above five sigma were rare. In contrast, we detected deviations above five sigma in all but three member states after the emergence of covid-19. The member state with the most extreme deviation was Spain (32 sigma), the member state with the longest continuous deviation above five sigma was Czechia (25 weeks), and the member state with the highest excess mortality was Slovakia (12.8 deaths per 1000 seniors). We attempted to explain differences in extreme deviations with multivariate linear regression analysis. Extreme deviations were lower in member states with higher health care expenditure in euros per inhabitant. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this study was to find out in what ways music is used in homes for the elderly in Slovenia and what kind of effects it has on the psychophysical well-being of the elderly. The basis is the analysis of conversations with music therapists and occupational therapists. There are fundamental differences between different music activities, special music activities and music therapy. Some seniors are able to talk about what music means to them. Older people prefer to sing, especially folk songs or songs from their youth, as well as playing and listening to music. An important area is the use of music in people with dementia. With transitions to higher stages of dementia, it is crucial that the elderly's responses to music is monitored by a therapist. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article demonstrates the potential, importance and benefits of integrating formal and informal music knowledge into education and everyday life. Its primary purpose is to promote the use of music for the benefit of the individual and the wider society. The examples presented also reflect the connection of the author's fieldwork, research and teaching work, and his active role. The first example deals with the research of the Thai song Chang, Chang, Chang and its use in education, and later on in the cooperation between the University of Ljubljana (Slovenia) and Chulalongkorn University (Bangkok, Thailand). The second example presents the magnitude of the project Let's give them a song (2008). Based on a study on musical life in Slovenian homes for the elderly, the latter influenced the international project Inclusion Cocktail, step II (2013), and together with the research findings of the author's dissertation, this brought about the film Be Different, for which Slovenj Gradec Third Elementary School won the Video S-factor international competition (2017). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]