Kazan medical journalKazan medical journal0368-48142587-9359Eco-Vector10149410.17816/kazmj101494Research ArticleSome Problems of Organizing Residential Treatment for Single Elderly People in Rural AreasHechtI. A.info@eco-vector.comVolzhskaya Central District Hospital, Kuibyshev Region151019897053773782302202223022022Copyright © 1989, Eco-Vector1989<p>In spite of a large number of works on gerontology and geriatrics interrogation, medico-social aspects of loneliness of elderly and old people are insufficiently studied. The purpose of the study carried out in Volga district of Kuybyshev region was to make medical and demographic and socio-hygienic characteristics of elderly persons living alone in rural areas.</p>Kazan Medical archiveКазанский медицинский архив