Sense of meaning in life of the elderly people

Abstract

The article deals with the sense of meaning in life among people at a senior age. It was created on the basis of a fragment of a research project carried out as part of a master's thesis, the subject of which is the sense of meaning in life in the perception of the surveyed seniors. The purpose of the presented part of the research is to describe the meaning of life experienced by seniors and to present knowledge about old age and aging. The applied research strategy was qualitative tests, and data collection was done using narrative interviews in accordance with the assumptions of the interview according to Steinar Kvale.