Sienkiewicz-Wilowska, Julia Anastazja2015-07-022015-07-022014Studia Edukacyjne, 2014, nr 32, s. 169-188978-83-232-2837-01233-6688http://hdl.handle.net/10593/13431The article presents the results of studies on the influence of matching occupational therapy offer to the needs of elderly people and the impact of this matching on their well-being. The study involved 60 people attending occupational therapy in Adult Day Care Centers in Poznan. The research was conducted with the use of the author’s Evaluation of Well-being Questionnaire, which includes 6 scales that investigate functioning in the following spheres: social, emotional, cognitive, physical, sense of personal development, and self-acceptance. Reports included standardized interviews with occupational therapists. Interviews respecting occupational therapy purposes and methods applied in this kind of elicitation. The results of this study highlight three cluster centers – cluster A (n = 5): people with malaise in all tested dimensions; cluster B (n = 15): people threatened by malaise and cluster C (n = 35): people with good well-being. Being male and a higher level of education turned out to be a risk factor. Interviews with occupational therapists confirm a poor adaptation of the activities offered to the needs of, in particular, men and the better educated.plinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesseducation of elderly peoplelate adulthood, occupational therapyoffer-needs goodness of fitwell-beingArtykułhttps://doi.org/10.14746/se.2014.32.11