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Assessment of Dependence in Activities of Daily Living Among Older Patients in an Acute Care Unit
Published on: September 30, 2020
[Systemic analysis of factors affecting the quality of life of elderly people using different forms of social
1M.V.Lomonosov Northern Arctic Federal University, Arkhangelsk, 163002, Russian Federation; e.golubeva@narfu.ru.
Abstract:
The satisfaction of the quality of life (QOL) in elderly age is discussed. There have been considered the satisfaction of QOL depending on the form of social service in urban and rural areas. The key factors influencing the QOL in various forms of services is defined. They include: rural life satisfaction is largely dependent on the availability of family than on the health and financial status; in a special house for single elderly life satisfaction is determined only by the state of health due to the large number of chronic diseases, in stationary social services very important factor is loneliness, isolation that creates some feeling of being tired of life, depression, provocation the abuse of alcohol.
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