Old people in rural areas – How to type a changing population group

Current discussion on saving the quality of life of the older generation runs on a very abstract level and focuses on approaches relating to care. Spatial implications rudimentarily have been taken into account. Completely different, aging in structural rural areas is being debated within spatial sciences. In order to be able to guarantee the quality of life of the elderly who live in rural areas at a high level it is necessary to know exactly about the demanders’ groups profiles.