SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND HEALTH SUPPORT FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE IN UKRAINE

Dmytro SHUSHPANOV, Lina DIAKOVYCH

Abstract


The article deals with the urgent and topical topic of activity and support of the elderly in the current conditions in Ukraine. In the context of the expansion of military operations and hybrid warfare, which affect all aspects of public life, special attention is paid to the group of elderly people, who are in the most vulnerable state.

The purpose of the article is to assess and address the problems related to the health and well-being of the elderly during wartime, and to support and protect this vulnerable population through active social responsibility and the development of effective strategies and programs.

The article examines the importance of social responsibility in relation to this population group and explores strategies and programs aimed at ensuring their health and well-being. War creates challenges such as limited access to health care, destroyed infrastructure, and increasing isolation, and requires immediate action to ensure the physical and psychological well-being of older citizens.

The article presents specific examples of successful initiatives and programs that are already being used in Ukraine to support the elderly in wartime conditions. Aspects of organization, financing and implementation of such initiatives to provide the necessary assistance and support to the target audience are considered.


Keywords


elderly population, health, social responsibility, aging, mortality, Ukraine, war.

Full Text:

PDF

References


Naselennia Ukrainy. Imperatyvy demohrafichnoho starinnia. (2014). [Population of Ukraine. Imperatives of demographic aging]. K:. VD «ADEFUkraina», 2014. 288 [Ukrainian].

Kurylo, I. O. (2013). Zdorovia i tryvalist zhyttia litnoho naselennia v Ukraini: tendentsii ta deiaki yikh faktory. [Health and life expectancy of the elderly population in Ukraine: trends and some of their factors.]. Demohrafiia ta sotsialna ekonomika. 2. 102–114 [Ukrainian].

Kyrych N., Slobodian N. (2016). Problemy demohrafichnoho starinnia naselennia i yoho vplyv na ekonomichne zrostannia suspilstva. [Problems of demographic aging of the population and its impact on the economic growth of society.]. Sotsialno-ekonomichni problemy i derzhava. 2 (15). 62–70 [Ukrainian].

Shafranskyi, V. V. (2016). Stan zdorovia naselennia starshykh vikovykh hrup yak problema systemy hromadskoho zdorovia. [The state of health of the population of older age groups as a problem of the public health system]. Ukraina. Zdorovia natsii. 4. 38-46 [Ukrainian].

Chen Z. Yu J. Song Y. Chui D. (2010). Aging Beijing: challenges and strategies of health care for the elderly. Ageing Res Rev. 9: 2–5.

Poznanska K. (2017). Sotsialne stanovyshche litnikh liudei ta stavlennia do starosti v ukrainskomu suspilstvi ochyma molodi. [The social situation of the elderly and attitude to old age in Ukrainian society through the eyes of youth]. Visnyk KhNU imeni VN Karazina. Seriia «Sotsiolohichni doslidzhennia suchasnoho suspilstva: metodolohiia, teoriia, metody» 39. 340–345. [Ukrainian].

Diakovych, L. (2020). Sotsialnyi kapital yak zasib polipshennia yakosti zhyttia liudei pokhyloho viku. [Social capital as a means of improving the quality of life of the elderly.]. Rehionalni aspekty rozvytku produktyvnykh syl Ukrainy 25. 154-162. [Ukrainian].

Zhaldak P. I., Krupelnytska I. H. (2019). Adaptatsiia liudei pokhyloho viku do suchasnykh sotsialnykh umov. [Adaptation of the elderly to modern social conditions.]. World science. № 1(29), 3. URL: http://archive.wsconference.com/wp-content/uploads/2097.pdf. [Ukrainian].

Poliakova, S. V. (2017). Bidnist litnikh liudei v Ukraini: osnovni tendentsii ta rekomendatsii do polityky. [Elderly poverty in Ukraine: main trends and policy recommendations.]. Demohrafiia ta sotsialna ekonomika 3. 2017. 113-123. [Ukrainian].

Syroid T. L. (2020). Pravo na zdorovia litnikh liudei – vyklyky sohodennia. [The right to health of the elderly - today's challenges]. Visnyk Kharkivskoho natsionalnoho universytetu imeni VN Karazina. 30. S 164–173. [Ukrainian].

Volnova, L. (2021). Spetsyfika psykholohichnykh problem litnikh liudei v umovakh karantynu. [Specificity of psychological problems of elderly people in quarantine conditions.]. 2021. URL: http://ipood.com.ua/data/project_NFDU/FULLzbirnyk_confProect_2021.pdf#page=54. [Ukrainian].

Kovalenko O. H., Kravtsova T. H. (2021). Efektyvna komunikatsiia z litnimy liudmy ta zberezhennia vlasnoho psykholohichnoho zdorovia za stresovykh umov (pandemiia COVID-19). [Effective communication with the elderly and maintaining one's own psychological health under stressful conditions (the COVID-19 pandemic)]. URL: https://lib.iitta.gov.ua/726300. [Ukrainian].

Kovalenko, O. H. (2021). Litni liudy v period karantynu: mozhlyvosti psykholohichnoi pidtrymky [Elderly people in the period of quarantine: possibilities of psychological support]. Psykholohichna pidtrymka litnikh osib v period karantynu: materialy Vseukrainskoi naukovopraktychnoi konferentsii z mizhnarodnoiu uchastiu. 2021. S. 6–17. [Ukrainian].

Shushpanov D.H. (2015). Determinanty zdorovia naselennia: sut ta osoblyvosti systematyzatsii [Determinants of population health: essence and peculiarities of systematization]. Demohrafiia ta sotsialna ekonomika. 2015. 2. 141–152. [Ukrainian].




DOI: https://doi.org/10.35774/rarrpsu2022.27.098

Refbacks

  • There are currently no refbacks.