Domy pomocy społecznej jako czynnik aktywizacji rozwoju obszarów wiejskichoraz ich przestrzenne rozmieszczenie w Polsce

In the study, the authors tackled the problem of diversifying the sources of income of the rural population, and thus the opportunities for their creation from sources other than agriculture. It was found that in the future rural areas niche activities will play a greater role, and one of the new directions of activity may be the creation of retirement homes in the countryside. The saturation of the country in such units varies. Most of them are in the largest, most populous and most urbanized voivodships. In terms of availability, however, the most favorable situation is in the Opolskie, Świętokrzyskie and Warmian-Masurian voivodships. In rural areas, there was the most social welfare for homes in the Mazowieckie, Małopolskie, Wielkopolskie and Śląskie voivodships. However, taking into account the population of voivodships, the most favorable situation was in the Pomeranian, Opolskie and Śląskie voivodships. The highest availability of seats occurred in Pomeranian, Opole, Masovian and Silesian.