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The aim of the study was to summarize theoretical and empirical material on the improvement of the new social technology - foster family (FF) for the elderly in rural and remote areas of the European North of Russia, identifying the key factors of socio-psychological interaction between its members and the social service support. The factors influencing the quality of life of the older age group in rural areas are presented, the relationship between the quality of life and the characteristics of care in the elderly population living in remote northern territories is examined. Socio-psychological factors influencing to the implementation of FF technology in interaction of its key components: an elderly person, an assistant in a FF and the center of social services were identified and discussed. It is shown that FF for the elderly person is a factor of increasing the availability of social help and a form of satisfying the most vital and socialization needs in the family microenvironment in remote rural areas, which is indicated in Russian and foreign documents of aging policy.