scholarly journals Sustainable Care and Factors Associated with Quality of Life among Older Beneficiaries of Social Services

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 1572
Author(s):  
Mihaela Ghența ◽  
Aniela Matei ◽  
Luise Mladen-Macovei ◽  
Maria Denisa Vasilescu ◽  
Elen-Silvana Bobârnat
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Older Persons ◽  
Field Survey ◽  
Elderly Women ◽  
Population Aging ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
The People ◽  
Dependent Elderly

Population aging has led to an increased recognition of the problems encountered by older persons. As a consequence, the most recent years have been marked by a series of changes with regard to the organization and provision of social services for dependent older people. The aim of this article is to identify factors associated with the quality of life in old age, using a logistic regression applied to the data collected following a field survey among the beneficiaries of social services. The analysis revealed that men are more likely to appreciate that life does not make sense, compared to dependent elderly women. Age is also a significant factor that influences the quality of life: the older the people are, the more they tend to think in a positive manner about their life. Health, social participation and food are also important factors that influence the perception regarding the quality of life.

scholarly journals Quality of life of dependent elderly people in Romania. University Publishing House, Bucharest, 2020. Mihaela Ghența, Aniela Matei, Luise Mladen-Macovei, Elen-Silvana Bobârnat

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 253-258
Author(s):  
Cosmina-Elena Pop
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Delphi Method ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Population Ageing ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Old People ◽  
Policy Delphi ◽  
Dependent Elderly

The book Quality of Life of Old Dependent People in Romania presents a part of the research results obtained during 2018-2020 in the research project with the same name. In the context of a pronounced process of population ageing and raising needs of social services for old people, the publication of this volume becomes very important. The book contains a comprehensive review of the literature regarding quality of life in old age, the results obtained during the research on old dependent people in Romania and measures of social policy developed in the process of consultation of experts in the field using the Policy Delphi method.

scholarly journals The conception of selected Technology Assessment method and the possibilities of TS application

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 234-242
Author(s):  
Andrzej Wieczorek
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Older People ◽  
Technology Assessment ◽  
Older Persons ◽  
Population Aging ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Assessment Method ◽  
User Centered Design ◽  
Rational Management

Abstract The article addresses the problem of population aging and the related problem of using and maintenance of technical means by the older persons. Such persons, as participants of the exploitation process, experience various problems. Therefore, the challenge is to adapt technical means to the needs of older people. The response of engineers to this challenge may be the technology assessment, which assumes the adoption of various achievements in the field of philosophy, sociology, psychology or other social sciences as tools for their work. The proposal for such a solution is presented in the article and it is an indicator that allows you to draw conclusions about the real needs of older people. The effect of calculations with its use is the Wi characterization in the function of the human age. This characteristic complements the characteristics obtained on the basis of empirical data about the behavior of a technical mean. The article also presents the possibilities of using the discussed indicator. These include: improving the quality of life of users of technical means at various ages through rational management of company resources, improving the quality of life of users through user-centered design, exclusion from exploitation by the elderly technical means/their components based on social technology assessment, analysis and optimization of needs people of different ages, modeling the movement of older people, elimination of social exclusion of older people, improving the quality of life of people of all ages through appropriate knowledge management.

scholarly journals Causes and consequences of increased aging trend in modern society

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dragana Vilić
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Population Aging ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Contemporary Society ◽  
Old People ◽  
African Countries ◽  
The People ◽  
Working And Living Conditions

This paper analyzes the causes and consequences of the increasedtrend of population aging in contemporary society expressed in severalprevious decades. This refers to increasing the share of the populationaged between 60 and 65 years and over (chronological criteriaare defined in the modern age in relation to age in which the workingactivity stops, they can not be applied to African countries), thatis the share of the elderly population of 7 (and more) percent of thetotal population. As a result, we have the increased number of demographicallyold societies. Aging is a biological process, but also a socialconstruct, because at different times and in different societies are differentlyset boundaries of age, attitude towards aging, status of elderlypeople and the like. The most important demographic characteristicsthat cause aging of the population in modern society are: lower fertility,lower mortality (especially the older groups) and migrations.Accelerated aging of the population undermines the economic and socialbalance in the society in which it is expressed (increased pressureon funds of social, health and pension protection) it requires the increasedinvestment effort to deal with this problem and its resolution,but there are consequences for individuals (loss of autonomy , loneliness,illness, etc.). In recent years, the attitude towards old people andthe experience of aging have changed due to an improvement of theoverall quality of life (working and living conditions, progress in thefield of medicine), which gives an opportunity to the people of this ageto lead a full life of different activities (travel, education , acquisitionof new skills and the like.). Although progress was made in terms ofhuman rights, quality of life and the situation of old people in society,there are still various problems that they face (social exclusion, poverty,violence, etc.). In contemporary society have beeb undertakenvarious activities which aim to promote a positive attitude towardsthe old (er) people and to prevent discrimination based on age.

scholarly journals Quality of life and sociodemographic factors associated with poor quality of life in elderly women in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

2016 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 210 ◽  
Author(s):  
RS Rajasi ◽  
Thomas Mathew ◽  
ZiniaT Nujum ◽  
TS Anish ◽  
Reshmi Ramachandran ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Elderly Women ◽  
Sociodemographic Factors ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Factors Associated

scholarly journals Factors associated with health-related quality of life and burden on relatives of older people with multi-morbidity: a dyadic data study

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbro Krevers ◽  
Anne Ekdahl ◽  
Tiny Jaarsma ◽  
Jeanette Eckerblad ◽  
Anna Milberg
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Older People ◽  
Older Persons ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
High Burden ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related

Abstract Background This study aimed to identify factors associated with health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and the burden on the relatives of older people with multi-morbidity. Methods A secondary analysis of baseline data from 296 dyads, including older patients with multimorbidity and their relatives, which were previously collected in a randomized study. The analysis was conducted to select correlated independent variables to enter a final linear regression analysis of two models with different endpoints: the relatives’ HRQoL (EQ5D index) and burden (COPE index: Negative impact scale). Results Sixteen variables correlated with the relatives’ HRQoL, and 15 with the relatives’ burden. Both the HRQoL and burden correlated with both patient and relative variables. A high HRQoL was associated with relatives’ working/studying. A high burden was associated with caring for an older person with changed behaviour. A low burden was associated with the relatives’ high scores on positive values of caring, quality of support and HRQoL. Conclusion Older persons and their relatives should be considered as a unit in the development of support of older people in order to increase the health and quality of life of both groups. To support and protect relatives from a high burden, potential measures could include improving the relative’s HRQoL and strengthening their ability to find positive values in care and strengthening reliable and good support from others. The relatives’ HRQoL explained the variation in the burden. However, the burden did not explain the variation in the HRQoL, which suggests that the relatives’ HRQoL is not so readily affected by their burden, whereas the relatives’ HRQoL can influence their burden. The variables used in the regression analyses where chosen to reflect important aspects of the relatives’ and older persons’ situations. The final models explained 38% of the variation in the relatives’ burden but only 10% of the variation in their HRQoL. This could be important to consider when choosing outcome assessments in future studies.

Glittre ADL test in eutrophic, overweight and obese elderly

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 49
Author(s):  
Augusto Baumhardt Guidoti ◽  
Ângelo Pereira Cattani ◽  
Cintia Laura De Araujo ◽  
Fernanda Beatriz Costa Delacoste ◽  
Guilherme Scotta Hentschke ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Functional Capacity ◽  
Elderly Women ◽  
Handgrip Strength ◽  
Exercise Intolerance ◽  
World Health ◽  
Chronic Obstructive ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
World Health Organization Quality

The Glittre ADL-test (TGlittre) has been designed and validated to measure functional capacity during daily living activities in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) but is now used in several other situations. The aim of this study was to evaluate the applicability of TGlittre in a sample of overweight and obese eutrophic elderly. This was an experimental and cross-sectional study, which included 21 elderly women, allocated by BMI, in eutrophic (n = 8), overweight (n = 6) and obese (n = 7) groups. They were assessed for functional capacity (TGlittre and 6MWT), quality of life (QOL) with the questionnaire World Health Organization Quality of Life for Older People (WHOQOL-OLD) and handgrip strength (HGS). TGlittre correlated with age (p = 0.0040) and with 6MWT (p = 0.0086), but no statistical difference was found in TGlittre's performance time and the distance covered in 6MWT between groups. TGlittre did not correlate with HGS (p = 0.1493) and WHOQOL-Old (p = 0.0905). The data obtained in the present study corroborate that TGlittre is used as a functional measurement variable in the elderly population.Keywords: aged, obesity, exercise intolerance.­­­

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