Organizational-pedagogical support of the physical-health-improving direction of gerontology education

The organization of physical education and recreational activities of elderly people is an important task of the modern system of physical education of the population, the effectiveness of which solution substantially determines the success of the gerontology education system under development. The significance of this task is determined by the needs of the state, society, and an individual in maintaining the health of elderly people, ensuring active longevity of the population. Currently, there is a regulatory support of this area of physical education, but there are not enough human resources and there is no systematic training of specialists who are competent at the same time in the field of physical education, health technologies and in the field of gerontology, gerontology education. This is partly due to the fact that the goals and substantive foundations for the training of such specialists have not been identified yet. In connection with the foregoing, the purpose of our research was to determine the guidelines and substantive foundations for the training of specialists in the field of organization of recreational physical education and recreation activities for elderly people...