Abstract
Background: Elderly were facing heavy burden of sequel of long-term physical illness, as a result the ultimate effect was on quality of life.There is a need to highlight their medical and psychosocial problems and bring up strategies for improvement in their quality of life.Methods: A community based cross sectional study was conducted among 100 elderly people, aged 60 and above, residing in a retirement home, present in the field practice area of RHTC, Anandhapuram, Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh, from October 2019 to December 2019.Data was collected by using thestandard WHO BREF questionnairefor quality of life assessment and Katz index of ADL score for activity of daily living assessment.Majority of study population were females (53%) and majority was in the age group of 60-69 years (65%). Social support and relationship domain and environmental domain found with high mean quality of life scores (55.87+ 13.12 and 54.24 +10.12 respectively). 89% of the study population was found with full functional activity and only 1% with severe impairment.Conclusion: Economical independence, social security and support by the family, regular health checkups and health seeking behaviour, legal security and special schemes for elderly will improve their quality of life and helps them to live longer and happier.
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