Social services for seniors living in Popowice

The aim of the paper was to investigate the issue of social services for seniors living in the Popowice estate of Wroclaw, Poland. In the paper, the concept of co-creation was used. Hence, the research object was residents (mostly seniors) of the Popowice district. The research subject was the quality of life of seniors. To achieve the goal, the following research tasks were implemented: 1) to identify the needs of seniors, 2) to identify which of those needs are satisfied locally and which are not, and 3) to identify the attitude towards cooperation. In the paper, the following research methods were used: the analysis of scientific literature and normative documents, co-creation methodology, PAPI and CAWI surveys, comparative analysis, and statistical analysis. Thanks to the research, it has been revealed that the demand for social services is greater than its supply. Moreover, although the majority of seniors believe that they have little or no influence on the shape and quality of social services available in the housing estate, they are not interested in active participation in designing and adapting social services to their needs.