Open AccessDISABILITY DUE TO THE CLASS OF RESPIRATORY DISEASES IN ELDERLY PEOPLE
Author(s) -
Marina А. Shurgaya,
Шургая Марина Арсеньевна
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
mediko-socialʹnaâ èkspertisa i reabilitaciâ/mediko-socialʹnaâ èkspertiza i reabilitaciâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2412-2092
pISSN - 1560-9537
DOI - 10.18821/1560-9537-2017-20-2-69-74
Subject(s) - asthma , medicine , quality of life (healthcare) , intensive care medicine , population , health care , elderly people , population ageing , gerontology , environmental health , nursing , economics , economic growth
The main strategic task of the provision for health and social care and alimentation of the quality of life in the elderly patient is the implementation of clinical, diagnostic and preventive measures, taking into account characteristics of the course of different diseases in geriatric population. In an article there are highlighted modern approaches to the diagnosis and treatment of bronchial asthma, which is the leading pathology that determines the morbidity and disability due to diseases of the respiratory system in elderly citizens. Accounting for the morphological and functional features of the elderly age allows provide the medical and social care and achieve quality standards in the treatment of asthma in the geriatric population.