The aim of the article is to assess level and scope of relevance of Polish local social policy (at the level of the smallest administrative unit — gmina) to the problems of elderly people. The questions are posed: to what extent do local governments in Poland acknowledge the problems of this group of citizens and how do they respond in formulation and implementation of local social policy? The first part of the text discusses the theoretical advantages of conducting social policy for the elderly at the local level as well as points to the main problems with their fulfillment in Poland. The second part of the paper presents selected correlations between the level of demographic dependency in the local community and the features of local social policy. In the third part I conclude with a hypothesis that the relevance of local Polish social policy to the elderly people is limited to the actions typical for policy of “basic existence and isolation of the elderly”.