Progress in physical activity of elderly people in hygienic and health aspect

Physical activity of the elderly provides maintenance of efficiency, health for many years of life. It also affects the extension of independence and is the cure for many maladies of old age. We can observe the effects of the coming old-age in the second half of life, middle-aged when we are getting older and slowly reducing the physical and psychical capacity of organisms. "We run to die healthy" - who among us does not imagine how to be efficient to the end of life in good sport conditions? Physical efficiency allows us to achieve optimal quality of life every day and the performance of motion activities necessary for the health of older people.The goal is to show how shaped by the views from the past on physical activity of elderly and views of doctors and activists of physical culture on seniors efficiency. The physical activity of the elderly is little known because we always pay attention to the progress of the children and the teenagers, which confirms many pedagogical works. We have not many scientific publications which encourage the elderly to an active and healthy lifestyle. During the research following methods were used: source materials search, source amassing, combining those materials, analyzing and interpreting the source materials, also explaining some of the historical facts concerning the reality of that time. The research covers elaborations about physical activities, medicine and history of physical culture field literature, and the recreation of the elderly.Furthermore, the method of individual observation was used. The article shows older people's role in the hygienic aspect and his influence on life extension. A significant role also plays family, their help, care on senior and mutual support and social awareness, which allows to actively participate the elderly in physical culture, whose aim is to maintain the efficiency to the end of life.