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Introduction: With the intensive growth in the number of older people and prolonged life span in the contemporary postmodern society, it has become increasingly important to build positive intergenerational cooperation and promote education on aging and older people, especially between younger and older generations. That is why the authors, on the basis of empirical research and scientific literature, examined knowledge about aging among young people and the connection between knowledge about aging and the formation of negative attitudes towards older people.Methods: The study involved 609 secondary school students aged 15 to 19 years.Results: The survey results showed that only one-fifth of the young population has good knowledge about aging. The relationship between knowledge about aging and ageism is negative, which means that young people with less knowledge about aging often have a negative attitude towards older people.Conclusions: Based on the obtained results, the authors underline the importance of integrating gerontology content in all stages of education.

The article calls for attention to the problem of violence and abuse of the elderly within their family, partnership, and relationships with relatives in the postmodern society. The outcomes of the research, carried out on a sample of the elderly people within different residence settings are presented. Results show that all kinds of violence and abuse are present in all kinds of settings, except in the residence with relatives, where sexual abuse was not noticed. Physical and sexual violence and abuse is mostly present in the households in which the elderly live with their partner, while psychical violence is present in the households with relatives. Material violence and abuse are present in case of elderly people who live alone. Both, men and women, experience most violence and abuse in their flats.

This paper addresses the issue of violence and abuse of older personswhich, due to an increased level of public sensitivity and continuingreminders from governmental and non-governmental institutions, isbecoming a subject of increased attention. The author focus on domesticviolence and abuse and present and describe various ways ofprevention from violence and abuse of older persons from the aspectsof the legislation, human rights and the role of the Slovenian police.

Sociološki pogled na prevenciju nasilja u porodici i zlostavljanje starijih osoba u Sloveniji ApstraktOvaj rad se bavi pitanjem nasilja i zlostavljanja starijih osoba koji, zbog povećanog nivoa javne osetljivosti i stalnih pominjanja od stzrane vladinih i nevladinih institucija, postaje predmet sa povećanom pažnjom. Autor se fokusira na nasilje u porodici i sadašnje zlostavljanje i opisuje različite načine moguće zaštite od nasilja i zlostavljanja starijih osoba sa aspektima zakona, ljudskih prava i uloge slovenačke policije.Ključne reči: porodica, starije osobe, nasilje i zlostavljanje, preventivne aktivnosti. Sociološki diskurs, godina 5, broj 10 / decembar 2015. 23-33