Text B. The Care for the Old in the USSR

There are several millions of pensioners in the USSR. These citizens receive from the State budget and other sources pensions amounting to several million roubles a year.

The Soviet Union has the lowest age requirements for old age pensions— 60 years for men and 55 for women. People in many occupations have the right to old age pensions five or more years earlier. On achieving the pensionable age they also have the right to move to homes for the aged.

Only in Moscow there are dozens (десятки) of such homes, like the one in Izmailovo. The people of this home like any other are completely freed of all expenses, because they are provided with everything at the State expense. The State spends an average of 90 roubles a month for each person in the home.

This home for the aged is like a sanatorium. One of the two buildings of the home is used mainly for providing medical service.

There are several doctors employed in the consultation centres and laboratories which have therapeutists, a radiologist, a neurologist, a psychiatrist and a dentist. Doctors of other specialities come from a city hospital when it is necessary.

The home's polyclinic has its own chemist's. All the medicines are given to pensioners also free of charge. There are clinical and biochemical laboratories and rooms for functional diagnostics and therapeutic physical training.

Many of the people in the home are sure that the therapeutic physical training helps them to live longer and take it regularly.

The old people listen to lectures, music, talks, see films, and attend concerts in which many well-known actors take part.

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