LE SOLUZIONI ABITATIVE IN ETÀ SENILE: UN INQUADRAMENTO GIURIDICO

Studies by gerontologists show us that the cognitive abilities of elderly people dim or slow down gradually even when the elderly person leads an active life. Studies by economists show us that people in old age, even if pension recipients, may have economic difficulties living in housing that was designed to accommodate an entire family. How then to live in old age? and what is the role of the law and private autonomy? This is a question many people ask themselves as they approach an older age, in which they perceive the difficulty of living alone and at the same time fear, by introducing changes, that they will lose their autonomy.