Use of “natural therapy” technology in the framework of social and psychological rehabilitation of the elderly

Mykhailo A. Anishchenko; Ellina G. Pozdniakova-Kyrbiatieva; Yurii Volodymyrovych Mosaiev; Oleksandr V. Krasnokutskyi; Volodymyr V. Glazunov; Mykhailo A. Anishchenko; Ellina G. Pozdniakova-Kyrbiatieva; Yurii Volodymyrovych Mosaiev; Oleksandr V. Krasnokutskyi; Volodymyr V. Glazunov

doi:10.3934/bioeng.2022022

AIMS Bioengineering

2022, Volume 9, Issue 3: 309-318. doi: 10.3934/bioeng.2022022

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Use of “natural therapy” technology in the framework of social and psychological rehabilitation of the elderly

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Department of Social Medicine, Public Health, Medical and Pharmaceutical Law, Zaporizhzhia State Medical University, Zaporіzhzhia, Ukraine
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Department of Social Work, Municipal Institution of Higher Education, Khortytsia National Educational and Rehabilitation Academy, Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine
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Department of Social Philosophy and Management, Zaporizhzhya National University, Zaporіzhzhia, Ukraine

Received: 29 June 2022 Revised: 26 August 2022 Accepted: 07 September 2022 Published: 23 September 2022

The article is devoted to the peculiarities of using “natural therapy” technology in the process of social and psychological rehabilitation of the elderly. The article analyzes the relevance of the problem of social isolation, maladaptation and loneliness of elderly people in different countries of the world, and in Ukraine in particular, leading to sustainable social and psychological dysfunctions and substantiates the need to overcome them. The author's methodology for evaluating the effectiveness of socio-psychological rehabilitation sessions with the elderly using the rehabilitation implements of natural therapy is proposed. The mechanisms and technologies of social and psychological rehabilitation of the elderly using the rehabilitation concept of natural therapy are proposed and have been tested. As part of the research, an experiment was conducted among 100 people, half of whom were engaged in an individual rehabilitation course using the technology of the ecological rehabilitation concept of natural therapy. The article describes the results of the proposed classes for the participants of the experimental group and presents proposals in the field of improving rehabilitation measures based on natural therapy in the framework of the social and psychological rehabilitation of the elderly.
- social rehabilitation,
- psychological rehabilitation,
- natural therapy,
- social isolation,
- loneliness,
- garden therapy
Citation: Mykhailo A. Anishchenko, Ellina G. Pozdniakova-Kyrbiatieva, Yurii Volodymyrovych Mosaiev, Oleksandr V. Krasnokutskyi, Volodymyr V. Glazunov. Use of “natural therapy” technology in the framework of social and psychological rehabilitation of the elderly[J]. AIMS Bioengineering, 2022, 9(3): 309-318. doi: 10.3934/bioeng.2022022

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Abstract

The article is devoted to the peculiarities of using “natural therapy” technology in the process of social and psychological rehabilitation of the elderly. The article analyzes the relevance of the problem of social isolation, maladaptation and loneliness of elderly people in different countries of the world, and in Ukraine in particular, leading to sustainable social and psychological dysfunctions and substantiates the need to overcome them. The author's methodology for evaluating the effectiveness of socio-psychological rehabilitation sessions with the elderly using the rehabilitation implements of natural therapy is proposed. The mechanisms and technologies of social and psychological rehabilitation of the elderly using the rehabilitation concept of natural therapy are proposed and have been tested. As part of the research, an experiment was conducted among 100 people, half of whom were engaged in an individual rehabilitation course using the technology of the ecological rehabilitation concept of natural therapy. The article describes the results of the proposed classes for the participants of the experimental group and presents proposals in the field of improving rehabilitation measures based on natural therapy in the framework of the social and psychological rehabilitation of the elderly.

Acknowledgments

This research was partially supported by the Khortytsia National Educational and Rehabilitation Academy, which provided insight and expertise that greatly assisted the research.

Conflict of interest

The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

Author contributions

Mykhailo A. Anishchenko contributed in the methodology, formal analysis, original draft preparation. Ellina G. Pozdniakova-Kyrbiatieva contributed in the validation, writing—review and editing, supervision. Yurii Volodymyrovych Mosaiev contributed in the Conceptualization, formal analysis, data collection, computational simulations. Oleksandr V. Krasnokutskyi contributed in validation, methodology, formal analysis. Volodymyr V. Glazunov contributed in the formal analysis, data collection. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

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