[Remarks on the problem of preparation for an active old age from the viewpoint of developing a comprehensive care system for citizens in the retirement age].

The paper deals with the tasks of medical services in factories concerning the preparation of employees for active life-style in retirement age. It does so from the point of view of showing some problems related with the further development of the system of comprehensive care for the elderly as part of the socialist society. There are questions how to intensify the participation of various social forces and organize a better coordination in going together with the doctor. Special problems such as health-behaviour of old persons, housing-policy demands, tendencies in family-development and motivational factors, are noted and suggested to take them in account as more common facts of importance for preparing people for the age of retirement.