Open AccessSome Problems of Organizing Residential Treatment for Single Elderly People in Rural Areas
Author(s) -
I. A. Hecht
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
kazanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17816/kazmj101494
Subject(s) - loneliness , elderly people , geriatrics , gerontology , rural area , medicine , psychology , psychiatry , pathology
In spite of a large number of works on gerontology and geriatrics interrogation, medico-social aspects of loneliness of elderly and old people are insufficiently studied. The purpose of the study carried out in Volga district of Kuybyshev region was to make medical and demographic and socio-hygienic characteristics of elderly persons living alone in rural areas.