PROSPECTS FOR THE GERONTOLOGY AND GERIATRICS DEVELOPMENT IN THE ROSTOV REGION
The article discusses the accelerated aging increasing risk in the conditions of the digital economy rapid development and the impact on the organism of such unfavorable environmental and professional factors as light pollution of megacities, information overload, acceleration of the life pace and rhythm. The prospects of the gerontology and geriatrics development are analyzed in the Rostov region demographic situation conditions. The role of the Southern Branch of the Gerontological Society of the Russian Academy of Sciences in attracting the attention of the scientific community to solving problems of the third age people is considered.