Profiling the elderly's quality of life living in central java nursing homes

Abstract

Background: Various health problems can occur in older people having an impact on various aspects of life. Method: This study aimed to profile the quality of life of elderly who stay at home care in Central Java, Indonesia based on demographics status, physical health, mental health, social health, functional capabilities, and environment. This research used descriptive correlation studies conducted on the elderly in Home Care with 190 elderly as the samples. The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and the World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL) were employed, and Pearson product-moment was used to examine the relationship between factors that influence the quality of life of the elderly. Results: Results of the correlation between quality of life with physical health and functional abilities revealed the significance of 0.003 and 0.00 respectively indicating a meaningful statistical relationship. Conclusion: Physical health determines the elderly quality of life living in nursing homes. This brings implication on the necessity to increase awareness of health personnel to the quality of life of the elderly especially living in the nursing home to provide competent medical personnel and upbringing geriatrics