Abstract
There is a lot of talk about global aging in society and, as people start to live longer, the society has to take care about their well- being in old age too. There are developed a series of definitions about life quality and designed a variety of methods for assessing quality of life of different groups of people and society as a whole over the time. At such a group of people belongs also those who lives in a nursing home and for various reasons they are aging in one of the nursing homes in Latvia. A study has been made to examine the correlation between
stressors and quality of life of nursing home residents. The study objective was quantification method - survey, using two research instruments - questionnaires and 134 nursing home residents were interviewed. The results show that there are both positive and negative relationship between stressors and indicator of quality of life. Overall, the results after the quality of life index characterize the situation as good, the figure is described as an adequate quality of life for the majority of respondents, but for a part of respondents in several, important
areas of life there is needed an improvement.
stressors and quality of life of nursing home residents. The study objective was quantification method - survey, using two research instruments - questionnaires and 134 nursing home residents were interviewed. The results show that there are both positive and negative relationship between stressors and indicator of quality of life. Overall, the results after the quality of life index characterize the situation as good, the figure is described as an adequate quality of life for the majority of respondents, but for a part of respondents in several, important
areas of life there is needed an improvement.
Translated title of the contribution | Quality of Life and its Relation to Stressors Elderly Nursing Home Rezidents in Latvia |
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Original language | Latvian |
Title of host publication | Sabiedrība. Integrācija. Izglītība = Society. Integration. Education |
Subtitle of host publication | starptautiskās zinātniskās konferences materiāli = proceedings of the international scientific conference |
Editors | Velta Lubkina, Kristīne Šneidere, Svetlana Ušča |
Place of Publication | Rēzekne |
Publisher | Rēzeknes Tehnoloģiju akadēmija |
Pages | 15-23 |
Volume | 7: Psiholoģija |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2018 |
Event | International Scientific Conference “Society. Integration. Education: Sabiedrība. Integrācija. Izglītība”, 2018 - Rēzekne, Latvia Duration: 25 May 2018 → 26 May 2018 |
Publication series
Name | Society. Integration. Education=Sabiedrība. Integrācija. Izglītība |
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ISSN (Print) | 1691-5887 |
ISSN (Electronic) | 2256-0629 |
Conference
Conference | International Scientific Conference “Society. Integration. Education: Sabiedrība. Integrācija. Izglītība”, 2018 |
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Country/Territory | Latvia |
City | Rēzekne |
Period | 25/05/18 → 26/05/18 |
Keywords*
- quality of life
- residents of nursing homes
- stressors
Field of Science*
- 3.3 Health sciences
Publication Type*
- 3.1. Articles or chapters in proceedings/scientific books indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus database