The achievements of social policy on active longevity were discussed at the Exposition
On February 22, the RUSSIA EXPO hosted the National
Achievements Forum: Active Longevity. One of the main events of the day was the
plenary session "Key Results and Achievements of Social Policy on Active
Longevity".
"Over the past 10 years, life expectancy at birth has
increased by almost two years and is now 73.5 years according to preliminary
estimates. Such an increase in life expectancy is the result of a purposeful
state policy aimed at maintaining active longevity and prolonging healthy
life," said Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Tatyana
Golikova.
She emphasized that thanks to the Active Longevity programs,
senior citizens get an opportunity to do things they have been putting off all
their lives. Thus, for those who have passed the age of 60, more than 3
thousand universities of the third age work, 6.5 million senior citizens are
engaged in physical training, almost 2.5 million senior citizens are engaged in
creative work, 300 communication centers for senior citizens work on the
platform of the Social Fund of Russia.
Social services are being developed for those citizens who
need outside help.
"Today, social services for elderly citizens are
provided by more than 5 thousand state social service organizations. These are
in-home assistance, developmental classes in comprehensive social service
centers, care in social boarding houses. The coverage of social services for
six years has increased almost 2.5 times and amounted to almost 8.4 million
people. This was achieved through the development of active longevity programs,
the work of mobile teams, and the introduction of new social technologies for
home care, such as "inpatient home care", "foster family for the
elderly", and "respite care". Schools of care are available for
relatives, and since September 2023, on the instructions of the President, a
system of long-term care is being developed in all 89 regions," Tatyana
Golikova noted in her report.
The legal basis for accompanied housing, comprehensive
rehabilitation and habilitation of citizens with disabilities has been formed.
"Last year, the most significant decision was
undoubtedly the adoption in December of the Federal Law on Comprehensive
Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities, aimed at defining and clarifying
the basic principles of the rehabilitation and habilitation system. The
principles of continuity and comprehensiveness consist of medical
rehabilitation, provision of technical rehabilitation devices, prosthetic
orthopedic assistance, professional rehabilitation, social rehabilitation,
rehabilitation by means of physical culture and sports. We have defined the
importance of sociocultural rehabilitation as the development of the creative
potential of a person with a disability. I am confident that these changes in
legislation will allow us to scale up the best regional practices in social
rehabilitation and other areas of social integration of citizens with
disabilities in the future," said Mikhail Terentyev, Deputy Chairman of
the State Duma Committee on Labor, Social Policy and Veterans Affairs, Chairman
of the All-Russian Society of People with Disabilities.
Thanks to the national project "Demography",
comfortable, family-like conditions are being created in boarding homes. Since
2019, 57 modern institutions have been put into operation. During the plenary
session, Tatyana Golikova via video link opened a new building of the Sputnik
geriatric center in the Kurgan region, designed for 100 beds.
The plenary session concluded with a performance of musical
ensembles created in the capital as part of the Moscow Longevity project and
the Ryazan State Academic Russian Folk Choir named after Evgeny Popov.
The first event to be held at the Russia National Centre, which is being established by the order of President Vladimir Putin, will be the International Science Fiction Symposium and Exhibition "Inventing the Future". The symposium will take place from November 4 to 6.
Tomorrow, the International RUSSIA EXPO will conclude its work. From November 2023 to July 2024, it was visited by more than 18 million guests.
Every day, for eight months, the RUSSIA EXPO delighted guests and gave unforgettable emotions.