SOCIOCULTURAL ADAPTATION OF THE ELDERLY:SPHERES AND ANGLES OF INCLUSION IN MODERN RUSSIAN SOCIETY

The article deals with the problematics of socio-cultural adaptation of elderly people, spheres and angles of their involvement in modern Russian society. The central attention is paid to the analysis of leisure activity of elderly people through the study of four basic modus: spiritual and religious participation - modus of world outlook; active forms of leisure (tourism, sports) - modus of bodily; culturally oriented forms of spending free time - modus of entertainment; social activity - modus of public. The author’s conclusions are based on the results of comprehensive observation of living conditions of the population - federal statistical observation, which is a collection of data on the actual living conditions of Russian families and various age strata. The article raises the problems of the stereotypical image of old age, formed under the influence of value ideas about the proper (culturally approved) participation of age groups in the social life of society. The article systematizes subjective motives and objective factors of influence on the socio-cultural adaptation of older people; analyzes the potential of the concepts and strategies of “active aging”, “delayed aging”, “productive aging”, “successful aging”.