Competence approach in training people of the third age

The article deals with the problem of development and implementation of the learning model aimed at developing social competence of the third age people. The problem of teaching people of the third age is relevant and is solved in the domestic and foreign studies from the standpoint of the formation and development of certain competencies in the context of continuing education. This research is based on a competence-based approach focused on the development of universal competencies including social competence. The model developed and implemented in the educational process of the Higher National School is based on andragogical and gerontological principles and includes four interrelated modules: target, content, organizational, and effective ones. A special place in the model is given to the program of social competence development. The implemented training model has shown its effectiveness in the development of social competence of the third age people and contributed to the socio-psychological adaptation, socialization and self-actualization of the people of the third age in the dynamics of mod-ern society.