Regarding the aging population, the question of care and financial support of the elderly becomes increasingly relevant. At the same time, the rise of divorce and separation becomes a very strong trend in modern society. Due to absence of joint custody in Russia, connection between fathers and children weakens after divorce and in this context the research question is: Do children help their elderly fathers after divorce, and what is the gender specificity in upward transfers after divorce? The object of this study is to examine the transfers that elderly Russian men and women get from their children. This research is based on data from the “Comprehensive Monitoring of Living Conditions of the Population” conducted in Russia in 2014. The target sample consisted of 113 000 persons over 15 years old—37 787 of which were over retirement age. The survey covered all regions of the Russian Federation. The method used in this analysis is mainly descriptive statistics and correlation tables. According to the results there is a considerable gap between elderly men and women in getting help from their children due to weakened connections between children and their fathers after divorce. This problem can be solved with the development of institutions of social protection, but unfortunately this sphere in Russia has not yet been sufficiently developed.

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In times of increased pressure on welfare states, filial caregiving to elderly parents is becoming an increasingly important addition to state organised elderly care. However, certain life course events may cause the relationship between parents and their children to decline, impeding upward intergenerational support. We investigated the effect of divorce on the probability of receiving support from adult children, looking specifically at differences between mothers and fathers. Using Russian data from the 2016 wave of the "comprehensive monitoring of living conditions of the population"-survey, we perform logistic regressions to examine the probability of elderly parents receiving four types of intergenerational support. We found that divorced parents are less likely to receive care than either married or widowed parents. Furthermore, we found evidence that the negative association between divorce and care is stronger for fathers than for mothers. The relative lack of filial caregiving for divorced fathers is likely among the reasons why an increasing group of single elderly men are among those with the highest poverty risks in Russia.

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Introduction. The currently available information on the bischofite mineral pharmacodynamics makes it possible to assume that bischofite-based gels have wound-healing properties. Materials and methods. Experiments were performed on 36 male rats. Using a blade, a linear wound of 50 mm long was modeled. Animals were divided into 4 groups: 1) Control; 2) Bishofit (500 mg of gel with bischofite on the wound area for 7 days); 3) Actovegine (500 mg of Actovegine gel on the wound area for 7 days); 4) Contractubex (500 mg of contractubex gel on the wound area for 7 days). The wound healing effect of the drugs was evaluated through studying the physicomechanical properties, assessing the morphological picture, determining the concentration of hydroxyproline (HP) and calculating the ratio of types I and III collagen. Results. The strongest healing effect on the wound defect, significantly greater than that in the control (p<0.01), was obtained in the group that received bischofite gel (13.70±0.76 N). Actovegine also demonstrated a positive reparative effect (12.60±0.63 N, p<0.05). Significantly lower (p<0.01) healing effect than in the control group was obtained in the group of animals that had received contractubex (9.65±0.59 N). In the calorimetric analysis, it was found that the highest concentration of HP was in the tissues of wound defects in animals treated with contractubex; however, there was no statistically significant difference with the control group. Significantly lower in comparison with the control (p<0.05) concentration of HP, was found in tissues of simulated wounds in animals treated with bischofite gel (79.7% of the control). When assessing the ratio of types I and III collagen in the tissues of the wound defect, when stained with picrosirius red, it was found that by the number of mature collagen fibers, the studied groups can be arranged in the following descending order: Bishofite> Actovegine> Control> Contractubex. A similar trend is demonstrated by the morphological picture of tissues in the area of the wound defect. Conclusion. The study showed that the best results were obtained with external use of bischofite gel. Actovegine has a less significant, but quite pronounced reparative, effect on this model. The least satisfactory results were obtained when applying contractubex.