Gaming and Gambling Disorders among Elderly and Challenges for Public Health Policy and Social Work

  • Project period: 2020 - 2021
  • Category: Applied Research

    Description

    Gaming and gambling disorders are behaviours which engage young and older persons and affect both women and men. The aim of this paper was to describe gaming and gambling disorders among the elderly and discuss the dimensions of digital, traditional and alternative life on the internet. The social impact and consequences of gaming and gambling disorders, and the arising new challenges for social work, were identified.


    Financing

    The project is financed by Other

    Participants

    • Miroslava Tokovska

      Miroslava Tokovska

      • Project manager
      • Associate Professor

      Kristiania University of Applied Sciences

      Miroslava Tokovska

    • Andrea Seberini

        'Matej Bel' University in Banská Bystrica

      • Michal Kozubik

          Constantin the Philosopher University in Nitra

        • Hans-Jørgen Wallin Weihe

            Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences