TY - GEN

T1 - Aging and health in Russia: eligibility of commercial medical services for the elderly people

AU - Grigoryeva, I.

AU - Dmitrieva, A.

AU - Bikkulov, A.

N1 - Conference code: 3

PY - 2016

Y1 - 2016

N2 - The population of Russia, as well as the population of the world, is aging. The modern institutionalized public health systems, both in Russia and abroad, are interested in a demand of the elderly for their services and thus often support biologized and medicalized views at human life. Aging has been viewed as a synonym of inevitable fading, and the technologies of medical and social care of the elderly have accumulated the impetus of addressing the elderly population as passive “objects of support”. Yet, this most important problem of the specifics of health of the elderly is still understudied. The prevalent idea in society regarding the unbreakable link between old age and illness adversely affects the status of an elderly individual, as old age linked with illness is perceived as an unwelcome state and leads to social exclusion. But our sociological research results show that the eligibility of commercial medical services in St. Petersburg, Russia for the elderly is quite wide and that the elderly people are an important part of commercial clinic’s clients.

AB - The population of Russia, as well as the population of the world, is aging. The modern institutionalized public health systems, both in Russia and abroad, are interested in a demand of the elderly for their services and thus often support biologized and medicalized views at human life. Aging has been viewed as a synonym of inevitable fading, and the technologies of medical and social care of the elderly have accumulated the impetus of addressing the elderly population as passive “objects of support”. Yet, this most important problem of the specifics of health of the elderly is still understudied. The prevalent idea in society regarding the unbreakable link between old age and illness adversely affects the status of an elderly individual, as old age linked with illness is perceived as an unwelcome state and leads to social exclusion. But our sociological research results show that the eligibility of commercial medical services in St. Petersburg, Russia for the elderly is quite wide and that the elderly people are an important part of commercial clinic’s clients.

UR - https://www.sgemsocial.org/index.php/elibrary-research-areas?view=publication&task=show&id=5845

M3 - Conference contribution

SN - 978-619-7105-52-0

T3 - International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conference on Social Sciences and Arts-SGEM

SP - 357

EP - 362

BT - 3rd International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conference on Social Sciences and Arts SGEM2016, Vienna Extended Session

T2 - 3rd International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conference on Social Sciences and Arts, SGEM 2016

Y2 - 24 August 2016 through 30 August 2016

ER -