DISABILITY OF ELDERLY CITIZENS AND TRENDS IN DEMAND FOR SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
The article is devoted to the analysis of the state and trends of primary and secondary disability among elderly citizens and their impact on the development of the social assistance and support system. Analysis of the performance indicators of social service institutions that provide services to elderly citizens indicates a decrease in the number of institutions while increasing the number of citizens receiving social services. The demand for new approaches to the organization of social assistance in modern Russian society is due to the following factors: an increase in the number of elderly citizens; a decrease in the number of social service institutions; an increase in disability among older citizens; and the high cost of social services. The article notes that one of the mechanisms of a comprehensive system of support for the quality of life of elderly and disabled citizens is a system of long-term care, the advantages of which are: providing targeted, individual approach; improving the quality of life of elderly citizens; optimizing the resources of health and social services institutions and budget expenditures for providing social and medical care. In conclusion, it is concluded that it is necessary to implement new models of social assistance based on public-private partnership, involving the non-profit sector in providing services to elderly citizens and people with disabilities