Problems of Social Hygiene, Public Health and History of MedicineProblems of Social Hygiene, Public Health and History of Medicine0869-866X2412-2106Joint-Stock Company Chicot157910.32687/0869-866X-2024-32-6-1376-1383НеопределенThe personal support of system of long-term care: potential of care by relativesSafonovA LAlsafonov@fa.ruThe Federal State Educational Budget Institution of Higher Education “The Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation”, 125993, Moscow, Russia091220243262804202528042025Copyright © 2025,2025<p>The article examines problems of personnel support of long-term care system. The analysis of main trends in quantitative changes in medical personnel and social workers was carried out. The reduction in the number of paramedical and junior medical personnel, who are the basis for provision of sanitary and hygienic services. The changes in the number of physicians in specialties the most in demand in the long-term care system are insignificant and can't ensure input enough into tasks of increasing capacity of long-term care system according to the National goals until 2030. The dynamics of the number of social workers is also negative. The development of professional human resources will be impacted by both competitive factors (higher wages in other sectors of economy) and demographic factors (retirement from the profession due to age).<br />The analysis was carried out concerning possibility of applying care by relatives in the long-term care system. The estimation was made of potential number of persons involved in care by relatives. It is noted that there are objective factors interfering with development of care of relatives. In particular, it was established that obstacle to development of care by relatives is their residence in different localities, availability of children and the necessity to perform work duties. The main contingent involved in care by relatives is citizens aged 60 years and older.</p>long-term caresocial carecare by relativesmedical personnelhuman resourcesдолговременный уходсоциальная защитародственный уходмедицинский персоналкадровый потенциал1.Decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated 05/07/2024 No. 309 “On the national development goals of the Russian Federation for the period until 2030 and for the future until 2036”. Available at: http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/document/0001202405070015 (accessed 04.05.2024) (in Russian).2.Results of federal statistical observation in the field of remuneration of certain categories of workers in the social sphere and science. Available at: https://rosstat.gov.ru/labor_market_employment_salaries# (accessed 04.04.2024) (in Russian).3.The number of paramedical personnel in individual specialties. Electronic resource. Available at: https://rosstat.gov.ru/storage/mediabank/zdr1-5.xlsx (accessed 06.04.2024) (in Russian).4.Report on Form 6-social security 2022. Available at: https://mintrud.gov.ru/uploads/editor/56/0e/Copy%202022%20%20Report%20on%20Form%206-social.xls (accessed 06.04.2024) (in Russian).5.Nazarova I. B. Older generation: features of communication with children. Population. 2024;27(S1):81–93. doi: 10.24412/1561-7785-2024-S1-81-93 (in Russian).6.CLCS 2022. Responsibilities for caring for children and others. Available at: https://rosstat.gov.ru/free_doc/new_site/GKS_KOUZH_2022/Files/28.1.xlsx (accessed 06.04.2024) (in Russian).7.CLCS 2022. Maintaining relationships with children living separately and having a close circle. Available at: https://rosstat.gov.ru/free_doc/new_site/GKS_KOUZH_2022/Files/83.2.xlsx (accessed 08.04.2024) (in Russian).8.Population by sex and age as of January 1, 2022 (recalculated from the results of the VPN-2020). Available at: https://rosstat.gov.ru/storage/mediabank/Chisl_polvozr_01-01-2022_VPN-2020.xlsx (accessed 08.04.2024) (in Russian).