elderly people

The purpose of the article is to analyze the legal policy in the field of combating age discrimination outside the labor sphere. Research methods are a complex of philosophical methods (in particular, dialectical and hermeneutic), general scientific (comparative, historical, analysis and synthesis) and special scientific methods (comparative legal and practice research methods). Results: the inadequacy of the legal policy of Ukraine and a number of European states regarding the restriction of people's rights as a factor in ensuring public health has been proven.

On the basis of current national legislation, international legal acts analyze thetheoretical and legal aspects of gerontoeducation in Ukraine. It is substantiated that lifelonglearning is a prerequisite for ensuring the right to education and employment for the elderly.In particular, the Declaration of the International Conference on Aging emphasizes that thelack of opportunity to receive education in the elderly can cause alienation, isolation,separation of generations, marginalization and more.