title: A social policy directed toward the health and welfare of the aged in the Soviet Union.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004651:Employment; D006266:Health Education; D006296:Health Services / Q000600:supply & distribution; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006707:Homes for the Aged; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D007899:Leisure Activities; D010415:Pensions; D011640:Public Policy; D012947:Social Work; D013222:State Medicine; D014586:USSR