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A Social Policy Directed Toward the Health and Welfare of the Aged in the Soviet Union *
Author(s) -
CHEBOTAREV DMITRI F.,
SACHUK NI.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1979.tb03341.x
Subject(s) - medicine , soviet union , social welfare , welfare , welfare state , social policy , state (computer science) , gerontology , public health , health care , field (mathematics) , health care delivery , public policy , care of the elderly , medical care , economic growth , nursing , politics , political science , law , mathematics , algorithm , computer science , pure mathematics , economics
Dealt with in detail are the factors which have determined the characteristics and peculiarities of medical and social care for the aged in the USSR. The forms of geriatric care, personnel training and delivery of social and domestic services to the aged are also presented. Facts are given about the state policy directed at improvement of well‐being of the aged as well as at drawing these people into public life and preventing their “disadaptation.” The importance of the UN‐ and WHO‐sponsored international programs in this field is emphasized.
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