[Volunteering as a resource for strengthening the mental health of the elderly].

The aging of the population poses to society the problem of finding mechanisms and tools for preserving health, prolonging the active life position of elderly citizens. The article reveals the potential of volunteerism in the system of strengthening the mental health of the elderly. The data obtained in the course of the study indicate that elderly citizens who participate in volunteer activities for a long time and regularly have high and average indicators of resilience, the presence of goals and the meaning of life, evaluate their lives as emotionally saturated, productive, the ability of elderly people to maintain psychological stability in stressful situations and orientation to overcome life difficulties.

[The analysis of problems of supporting long-term nursing of individuals who lost their ability to self-care in Russia].

The article presents results of research study intended for identifying degree of cognitive impairment in elderly citizen residing in conditions of institution of stationary social support. The study was conducted in a multidisciplinary rehabilitation institution of social services. The obtained results confirmed necessity to organize primary preventive work and permitted to test program of correctional classes with elderly people having cognitive impairments. The comparative analysis of results of primary and control diagnostics testifies that efficiency of corrective impact depends on degree of cognitive impairment and beginning time of correctional work. The early correction of cognitive abnormality of light and moderate degree is the most successful. It actualizes issues of timely diagnosis of cognitive abnormalities in elderly people and necessity to develop activities of primary prevention of dementia.

[The young families during lock-down: coping strategies].

The article considers the impact of lock-down and quarantine on family relationships and adaptation strategies of young families. The results demonstrate that young families demonstrate both stability during lock-down period and capacity to resist the pandemic crisis. However, isolation period revealed psychological and social problems of family relationships. The pandemic period became the most stressogenic factor for young families with children where parents combine their family responsibilities with "remote" labor activity. The current level of emotional exhaustion of young mothers depends on two components: material well-being of family and age of children. The families with two and more children and families fostering children aged less than 5 years survive most hardly period of self-isolation. The gender inequalities that are traditional for Russian families intensified in conditions of quarantine. The most common coping strategies with these conditions for young males are "escape into Internet", loneliness, alcohol consumption and sport activities. At the same time females prefer caring of their children, housework and involvement in creative activities.

[The social pedagogic adaption of individuals with mental health disorders].

The article presents the results of research and practical social pedagogical activities carried out jointly by Laboratory of Social Projects of Belgorod State University, Borisovka Psycho-Neurological Boarding School and the non-governmental public organization of social initiatives "Faith". The project was implemented during March - November 2018 in the Belgorod Oblast of the Russian Federation. The study implemented such methods of collecting primary sociological data as monitoring of educational and social activities of individuals with mental health problems residing in psycho-neurological boarding school; half-structured interview of experts - employees of psycho-neurological boarding school and teachers. Actually, social adaptation of individuals with mental health problems is an acute social problem. They belong to the most vulnerable population group wrapped with complex of social stereotypes and various signs of social deadaptation. The social adaptation of such personalities is achieved by involvement into social educational activities. The study results demonstrated that there are a number of psychological and pedagogical difficulties in face-to-face training for individuals with mental health problems. Among them are serious emotional reactions in response to actions of teacher or other students; behavior disorders, decreasing of education motivation, inadequate self-assessment. The remote education permits to avoid these and other difficulties. The individual with mental health problems while in appropriate comfortable conditions can receive effective education, support themselves materially and be useful member of society. The study established such most effective methods of remote education for individuals with mental health problems as information-receptive method; reproductive method; method of cognitive visualization of case studies from practice and research method.