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Quality of Life among Elderly People at Geriatric Home

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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Background: Ageing is a natural process that causes several changes in the physical, psychological, hormonal, and social status. Most of these changes are predicted to affect the quality of life of the elderly. Aim - is to assess the quality of life among elderly people at a geriatric home. Methods: a descriptive research design was performed on a convenient sample consisted of 20 elderlies at Elhlal Elahmer and Noor Wel Amal geriatric homes that are located in Beni-Suef governorate, Egypt. Tools: Data were collected using 1) Socio-demographic Questionnaire, 2) Facts on Aging Quiz, 3) The Older People's Quality of Life Questionnaire. Results: Study results revealed (70%) of studied elderlies having a lower quality of life and (85%) of them having insufficient knowledge about aging changes. Also, there is a negative significant correlation between sex, Source of income and total quality of life, and a positive significant correlation between the levels of education, People who visit regularly, and total QoL. Conclusion: elderlies have a lower quality of life and insufficient knowledge related to aging changes. Recommendations: Develop a psycho-educational program to enhance the quality of life for elderlies at geriatric home, and Provide an in-service training program for nurses who actually working with elderlies about psychological consequences related to aging and scientific base to manage it.

DOI

10.21608/niles.2020.30693.1019

Keywords

aging, quality of life, Elderlies

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Ashgan

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Fathy

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Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Beni-suef university, Egypt

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ashgan.fathy4@gmail.com

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0000-0002-0863-9496

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Ghada

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Mourad

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Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing Ain Shams University

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Wafaa

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Abd El-Fatah

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Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing Helwan University

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3

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3

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18815

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2020-11-01

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2020-05-20

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2020-11-01

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271

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283

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2636-3224

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2636-3232

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695

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NILES journal for Geriatric and Gerontology

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https://niles.journals.ekb.eg/

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Quality of Life among Elderly People at Geriatric Home

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22 Jan 2023