Medical, social and psychological needs analysis of the elderly in the conditions of military actions and their consequences

Abstract

The analysis of a structured survey (questionnaire) of the elderly from the de-occupied territory shows a high level of need for long-term medical and social assistance, psychological, financial, and legal support and an insufficient degree of satisfaction or the complete absence of such assistance due to the war. A survey of the elderly from the de-occupied territory and a further analysis of the medical and social care provision state proved a high level of need for medical care, in all types of social services and insufficient availability or their complete availability. To overcome the existing problems, it is necessary to create organizational models of the complex long-term medical and social assistance state system for the elderly in the conditions of military actions and their consequences. _________________________________________________________________________________________ Keywords: elderly; hostilities conditions and their consequences; structured survey; comprehensive medical; social and psychological assistance