[SOCIAL SERVICES ORGANIZATION FOR ELDERLY CITIZENS AND DISABLED PERSONS IN SOUTH FEDERAL DISTRICT OF RUSSIA].

The article presents a comparative analysis of the effectiveness of the individual rehabilitation programs among elderly citizens and disabled persons of the Astrakhan region, the part of the South Federal District of Russia. We analyzed the data of the statistical survey of the social services provided rehabilitation facilities for the elderly and disabled people in the Astrakhan region. Analytical results thus obtained shown that the network of agencies and centers of social rehabilitation in the Astrakhan region did not correspond to the needs of elderly people and disabled persons. The negative dynamics in the number of social care centers as well as in the number of people who were provided with their services revealed the need for optimization of the institutional structure and its management. These specific characteristics of the social rehabilitation services in the Astrakhan region thus identified should be taken into consideration in order to improve the rehabilitation programs among elderly citizens and disabled persons in the South Region of the Russian Federation.

[The systematic review of the social services legislative regulation among elderly citizens and disabled persons in Russian Federation].

The systematic review and data analysis of the social services legislative regulation among elderly citizens and disabled persons in Russian Federation was submitted. The structure of the consolidated legislation on social services among citizens of advanced age was defined. The Russian legislative database in all subjects of the Russian Federation was analyzed. Analytical results thus obtained made it possible to designate the subjective rights of elderly citizens in the field of social services, the lists of bases for providing social services, different kinds of these services according to the consolidated legislation in all subjects of the Russian Federation, and various legal organizational forms providing these social services also.

[An analysis of the state of social services for elderly citizens and disabled persons in Russian Federation].

A comparative data analysis of the federal statistical survey of social services for the elderly citizens and disabled persons in outpatient departments and day hospitals in Russian Federation was submitted. It included the data on the number of organizations providing social services, the number of individuals served, the number of full-time staff positions for the years 2006-2011. It had been revealed that during this period the number of social rehabilitation centers, health centers and hospices for the elderly citizens were reduced in Russia that in turn caused the significant decrease of hospital beds and persons served per year. The data on the activities of hospitals and residential institutions in social services system for the elderly citizens and disabled persons, as well as the number of persons served over the period of 2009-2011 had been analyzed. Analytical results thus obtained shown that one of the new approaches in solving these sociogerontological problems on system management of outpatient departments, day hospitals and residential institutions in Russia are an optimization of the institutional structure, reorganization of hospital beds capacity, refurbishment of present and construction of new buildings.

[The regional characteristics of the hygienic evaluation of biological contamination of superficial waters].

The paper gives the data characterizing the specific features of formation of an anthropogenic load on water bodies in north regions; sanitary and hygienic criteria for estimating the biological contamination; and the factors that increase the biological productivity of the algal flora; a classification of eutrophic waters is also proposed.

[Influence polyunsaturated fatty acids omega-3 on coagulation and fibrinolysis systems in patients with NIDDM]. / Vliianie polinenasyshchennykh zhirnykh kislot omega-3-klassa na sistemy svertyvaniia krovi i fibrinoliza bol'nykh sakharnym diabetom tipa 2]

35 patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 complicated with hyperlipidemia, coronary heart disease, were treated for 8 months with poseidonol which incorporates essential polyunsaturated fatty acids and fat-soluble vitamins. Poseidonol reduced atherogenic index from 4.2 to 3.15. The study of blood coagulation and fibrinolysis points to signs of hypocoagulation and normalization of fibrinolytic activity against previous hypercoagulation and fibrinolysis depression.

[Ecological and hygienic evaluation of the lignin by-products utilization]. / Ekologo-gigienicheskaia otsenka produktov utilizatsii ligninnykh otkhodov.

Main trends in utilization of lignin wastes formed in complex wood processing are discussed. Toxicological and hygienic characteristics of lignins and products of their biotransformation and chlorination are presented. Ecology and hygiene of fertilizers, preserving agents, and construction materials based on lignins are evaluated.

[Poseidonol in the treatment of hyperlipidemia in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus]. / Poseidonol v lechenii giperlipidemii u bol'nykh sakharnym diabetom tipa 2.

Thirty five patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus complicated by cardiovascular diseases received 6-month treatment for hyperlipidemia with poseidonol that represents a set of essential polyunsaturated fatty acids. This yielded good results as 11.6%-, 30%- and 24.2% decreases in the levels of cholesterol, triglycerides, and beta-lipoprotein, respectively, and a 9.9%- increase in alpha-lipoprotein. Lipid metabolism became normal in 34.2% of the patients, the remaining had positive changes as normalization of 1 to 3 lipid parameters. The tolerance of the agent was good, no negative effect on hepatic and renal functions was found.

[Complex sanitary and hygienic evaluation of water supply and community health in the area of the sulfite cellulose plants]. / Kompleksnaia sanitarno-gigienicheskaia otsenka uslovii vodo- po'lzovaniia i zdoro'bia naseleniia v raione razmeshcheniia su'lfitselliuloznykh zavodov.

The study provides the results of the observation of the sanitary state of water area near discharge of sewage of a sulphite cellulose plant. Sanitary, chemical, bacteriological and toxicological characteristics of water and clastic deposits in the area of water abstraction systems used for economic and drinking purposes near a large inhabited locality are presented. Impact of a water factor on community morbidity and mortality rates has been analyzed.