Social Functioning Problems As Perceived By Institutionalized Elderly | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 21, Volume 7, Issue 4, December 2016, Pages 320-328 PDF (292.04 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2016.104834 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Zeinab, AOsman; Sayeda A Abd El-Latif; Naglaa M., Gaber; Walaa, H. Ragab | ||
| Psychiatric and Mental health nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Cairo University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Aim: Ageing is a universal phenomenon and natural biological process of the life cycle. As people enter old age, they begin to experience associated changes in their physical, mental & social health. Therefore, elderly people are vulnerable to physiological, mental and social crisis. Moreover, the aim of this study was to assess social functioning as perceived by institutionalized elderly, utilizing a descriptive exploratory research design. Sample of convenience of 90 elderly was recruited from Hedaya Barakat geriatric home in El-Dokki district, Giza city, Egypt. Socio demographic sheet, social functioning for elderly scales was used to achieve the purpose of this study. The findings revealed that; half of the studied institutionalized elderly (50%) had moderate levels of social functioning. The study concludes that, the current study revealed that, statistically significant relation was found between social relation and their age among the studied elderly. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Rectal Social functioning; institutionalized; and elderly people | ||
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