Belgorod State University, Position: Student, 85 Pobeda St., Belgorod, 308015, Russia
Online published on 29 April, 2017.
The article presents the results of the survey, conducted in 2015 in five social institutions for elderly and people with disabilities in Belgorod region. The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of psychotherapy on the welfare of institutionalized elderly and disabled people. The research included the survey of the administration and staff of the institutions for elderly (N=95), as well as the elderly patients themselves (N = 177). The necessity of a purposeful psychotherapeutic work with a contingent of the residential care is discussed in order to reduce the risk of depression and different kinds of dementia.
elderly, disabled, psychotherapy, the residential care, institutionalized elderly adults, social services
