ANALYSIS OF USING NURSING CARE BEDS IN MOGILEV REGION
The analysis of the demographic situation in the region was done, and nursing care beds provision by districts of the Mogilev region was evaluated within the period 2004-2014. The actual indicator of using nursing beds over the last five years, as well as indicators of using therapeutic beds at the district level was analyzed. It was noted that further development of rendering health and social care at the health care institutions should be performed taking into account the dynamics of the population size in the age group 65 years and over and availability of day-and-night beds at the institutions within the system of the social service of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Republic of Belarus. The significance of determining the junction point between health, medico-social and social care was emphasized. In this respect it should be noted that in the Mogilev region, as well as in the country as a whole, there exists a situation when hospitals provide medical care to a large number of patients requiring long-term care, while in European countries such patients get medical care at alternative facilities, such as nursing homes and social care institutions.