State guarantees the rights of the elderly and persons with disabilities to health
Purpose: is to analyze the legislative and regulatory framework of the Russian Federation for protecting the rights of aged and disabled persons.Materials and methods: the methodological basis of research includes a number of methods such as statistical, analytical, systematic and structural, comparative modeling, sociological research methods, historical, and special techniques: formal- legal, comparative legal, historical and legal. The study used methods of interpretation of law (grammatical, logical, systematic, historical, theological, functional).Results: the conducted analysis of legislative and regulatory framework of the Russian Federation for protecting the rights of the elderly and disabled persons has shown that the medical rehabilitation and health care for senior citizens and people with disabilities are regulated by the Federal Law № 323-FZ «On the basis of health protection in the Russian Federation. Designated criteria to ensure the availability and quality of health care in this category of citizens». In the same time the adopted in 2014 the first reading a draft Federal Law on the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities provides a new criterion of accessibility and quality of care, according to which access to health care is provided, through provision of medical equipment and auxiliary organizations devices for medical care, taking into account the special needs of persons with disabilities.Conclusion: the diversity and complexity of social problems associated with the increasing age of Russian population makes it urgent to implement adequate measures, fundamental decisions and concerted action in the interests of the citizens of older age groups, including disabled people, to strengthen their social protection, the creation of conditions for the realization of individual potential in old age that current trends of aging will continue