scholarly journals Research on the Adaptability of Rural Elderly People Moving to Urban Communities

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 119
Author(s):  
Zhonglei Zhang ◽  
Yu Jin
Keyword(s):  
Urban Communities ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Existing Problems ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
The Status ◽  
Population Urbanization

In recent years, under the background that the country actively promotes population urbanization, a large number of young people migrate to cities and towns through employment or schooling and take root in the urban construction. However, the left-behind elderly people in rural areas are in a dilemma, and they will face many problems in their lives whether living in cities or staying behind, the quality of life is lowered generally. After going into the city, many elderly people in rural areas, due to their own physiological and psychological characteristics, do not adapt to living in urban areas, and the qualities of lives are not improved. By investigating the status quo of the elderly in rural areas migrating to urban areas, this paper analyses the reasons for and existing problems of migrating to urban areas and puts forward suggestions for improving community adaptability from the perspective of social work.

scholarly journals Quality of life of the elderly population during the virus Covid-19 pandemic with special reference to agriculturists

2020 ◽  
Vol 67 (4) ◽  
pp. 1155-1167
Author(s):  
Pavle Radanov ◽  
Ivana Lešević ◽  
Pavle Brzaković ◽  
Dragan Pajić
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Elderly Population ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Special Importance ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
State Of Emergency ◽  
The Republic

In the Republic of Serbia, on March 15 th , 2020 Government decided to declare a state of emergency due to the Covid-19 pandemic. One of the measures was a movement ban for people over 65 in urban areas and those over 70 in rural areas. This research should indicate how people over 65 in urban areas have endured this situation, especially in relation to the same population in rural areas, as well as implications of the movement ban on the quality of life of the elderly population. Special importance is given to the rural population engaged in agriculture. A tool of data collection in this research was anonymous survey. Respondents' answers were statistically processed, which led to clear conclusions about the large negative consequences for the elderly population, including the agricultural activities in rural areas. Covid-19 is still present, which opens further questions related to the quality of life of the elderly population, if necessity for similar measures recurs in the future.

scholarly journals The Quality of Life of Coronavirus Disease Survivors Living in Rural and Urban Area of Riau Province, Indonesia

2022 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-42
Author(s):  
Suyanto Suyanto ◽  
Shashi Kandel ◽  
Rahmat Azhari Kemal ◽  
Arfianti Arfianti
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Rural And Urban Areas ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
The Status ◽  
Rural And Urban Area

This study assesses the status of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among coronavirus survivors living in rural and urban districts in Riau province, Indonesia. The cross-sectional study was conducted among 468 and 285 Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) survivors living in rural and urban areas, respectively in August 2021. The St. George Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) was used to measure the HRQOL of COVID-19 survivors. A higher total score domain corresponds to worse quality of life status. Quantile regression with the respect to 50th percentile found a significant association for the factors living in rural areas, being female, having comorbidities, and being hospitalized during treatment, with total score of 4.77, 2.43, 7.22, and 21.27 higher than in their contra parts, respectively. Moreover, having received full vaccination had the score 3.96 in total score. The HRQOL of COVID-19 survivors living in rural areas was significantly lower than in urban areas. Factors such as living in rural areas, female sex, having comorbidities, and history of symptomatic COVID-19 infection were identified as significant predictors for lower quality of life. Meanwhile, having full vaccination is a significant predictor for a better quality of life. The results of this study can provide the targeted recommendations for improvement of HRQOL of COVID-19 survivors.

scholarly journals Knowledge Provision Model Through Distance Learning Method for Promoting Quality of Life of the Elderly in Rural Areas of Thailand

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 129
Author(s):  
Sumalee Sungsri
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Social Relationship ◽  
Elderly Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Community Leaders ◽  
The World ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Methods

Thailand is becoming an elderly society like many countries in the world. The number of elderly people is increasing continuously every year. In order to enable the elderly to live with good quality of life in the rapidly changing society, knowledge and information related to their health and living factors are considered to be necessary for them. Therefore, this study was carried out in order to develop a model of knowledge provision for promoting quality of life of the elderly in rural areas of the country. The samples were drawn from every region of the country which included 480 elderly people, 480 elderly caretakers, and 160 people representing the community leaders, community committee members and staff of local government agencies. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were employed for data collection. The study found that there were five areas of knowledge for promoting quality of life of the elderly: physical health, mental health, social relationship, economic, and learning. The model of knowledge provision to the elderly synthesized from the study could enable the elderly to gain necessary knowledge deemed useful for promoting their quality of life. The elderly, the elderly care caretakers and related people were found to be satisfied with the model.

scholarly journals Elderly people at village level in Botswana

1996 ◽  
pp. 243-261
Author(s):  
Benedicte Ingstad ◽  
Helge Brunborg ◽  
Frank J. Bruun
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Educational Level ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Social Data ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Village Level ◽  
Study Village ◽  
Depth Study

The paper presents demographic and social data from an in-depth study of the situation of elderly people in a village in Botswana. Botswana is undergoing rapid economic and social change and this change also affects the elderly part of the population. While younger people  migrate to urban areas, the elderly are to a large extent left behind in the villages, often with responsibility for caring tor small grandchildren. We found that the majority of elderly people in the study village are women. The educational level of the elderly people of both sexes is low but the majority have undergone the traditional initiation schools, Bojale and Bogwera. All households are influenced by modernization in that they need cash for survival. They depend to a large extent on the support of their grandchildren for survival, a support which is not always given.

scholarly journals The Impact of Social Disparities on Microbiological Quality of Drinking Water Supply in Ugu District Municipality of Kwazulu-Natal Province, South Africa

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (16) ◽  
pp. 2972
Author(s):  
C. M. N. Khabo-Mmekoa ◽  
M. N. B. Momba
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Urban Communities ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Microbiological Quality ◽  
Rural And Urban Areas ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
Brick And Mortar

This study was undertaken to highlight the social disparity between rural and urban areas in terms of housing patterns, provision of safe drinking water, access to sanitation facilities, education, employment rate and health-related to diarrhoeal episodes in Ugu District Municipality of KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa. To achieve this aim, a survey was conducted using a structured questionnaire. Drinking water samples were collected from the point of supply and the storage containers to assess the microbiological quality of drinking water in both rural and urban areas. Results of this study revealed prominent residential segregation between rural and urban communities, whereby the houses in the rural areas were generally constructed with corrugated iron sheets, or mud brick and mortar whereas conventional brick-and-mortar construction was used to build those in the urban areas. All of the urban households had flush toilets in their houses (100%), while 98.2% of the rural households were relying on pit latrines and 1.8% were reported to defecate in an open field. The District unemployment rate was at 58.1% in rural areas and none among the urban community. Results also showed that only 13.6% of the rural dwellers completed their secondary education compared to 70.4% of the urban areas. The diarrhoeal episodes were high in rural areas (34.1%) while none of these episodes was reported in urban areas. Great disparity in the water supply persists between rural and urban communities. For the former, the standpipes located outside their homes (90.9%) remain the sole mode of access to drinking water, while in the urban area, all households had pipes/taps inside their houses. Assessment of the drinking water quality revealed only the stored drinking water used by the rural community of Ugu District was contaminated. High prevalence of E. coli ranging from 63.3 % to 66.7% was recorded only in stored water after the sequencing of 16S rRNA genes. Species-specific PCR primers exposed the presence of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli at a rate ranging between 1.4% and 3.7% in this water Overall, this study has been able to highlight the disparity left by the legacy of racial segregation in the Ugu Municipality District. Therefore, the local government must intervene in educating homeowners on safe water storage practices.

scholarly journals Smart Nursing Homes: Self-Management Architecture Based on IoT and Machine Learning for Rural Areas

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Daniel Flores-Martin ◽  
Javier Rojo ◽  
Enrique Moguel ◽  
Javier Berrocal ◽  
Juan M. Murillo
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Nursing Homes ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Population Aging ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Smart Devices ◽  
World Population ◽  
Use Of Technology

The rate of world population aging is increasing. This situation directly affects all countries socially and economically, increasing their compromise and effort to improve the living conditions of this sector of society. In environments with large influxes of elderly people, such as nursing homes, the use of technology has shown promise in improving their quality of life. The use of smart devices allows people to automate everyday tasks and learn from them to predict future actions. Additionally, smartphones capture a wealth of information that allows to adapt to nearby actuators according to people’s preferences and even detects anomalies in their behaviour. Current works are proposing new frameworks to detect these behaviours and act accordingly. However, these works are not focused on managing multidevice environments where sensor and smartphone data are considered to automate environments with elderly people or to learn from them. Also, most of these works require a permanent Internet connection, so the full benefit of smart devices is not completely achieved. In this work, we present an architecture that takes the data from sensors and smartphones in order to adapt the behaviour of the actuators of the environment. In addition, it uses this data to learn from the environment to predict actions or to extrapolate the actions that should be executed according to similar behaviours. The architecture is implemented through a use case based on a nursing home located in a rural area. Thanks to this work, the quality of life of the elderly is improved in a simple, affordable, and transparent way for them.

scholarly journals Tingkat Depresi Lansia yang Tinggal di Panti Sosial

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 117
Author(s):  
Putu Eka Novayanti ◽  
Mateus Sakundarno Adi ◽  
Rita Hadi Widyastuti
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Home ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Physical Symptoms ◽  
Mild Depression ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Status ◽  
Cross Sectional Design ◽  
Age Range

Menua merupakan suatu keadaan yang pasti dirasakan oleh setiap individu, namun menua dengan sehat belum tentu dirasakan oleh setiap lansia. Salah satu masalah psikologis yang paling banyak terjadi pada lansia ialah depresi. Depresi pada lansia sering sekali tertutupi oleh gejala fisik. Depresi dipengaruhi oleh beberapa faktor diantaranya biologi, psikologis dan sosial. Angka kejadian depresi yang terus meningkat dikhawatirkan akan berdampak pada penurunan kualitas kesehatan serta kualitas hidup lansia. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui tingkat depresi lansia yang tinggal di panti sosial. Penelitian ini merupakan suatu studi dengan desain cross sectional. Observasi dilakukan terhadap 135 lansia yang didapatkan melalui teknik purpossive sampling dan dilakukan pada bulan Maret 2020. Kriteria inklusi penentuan sampel adalah lansia yang berusia 60 tahun keatas, lansia yang telah menghuni panti selama lebih dari 6 bulan dan tidak memiliki keluarga. Hasil penelitian didapatkan bahwa lansia yang tinggal di panti sosial terbanyak pada rentang usia 65-69 tahun (37,0%),  rentang usia lansia yang paling sedikit adalah lansia yang berusia 80 tahun keatas (10,4%). Jenis kelamin lansia yang paling banyang tinggal di panti sosial adalah laki-laki yaitu sebanyak 73 lansia (54,1%). Data karakteristik pendidikan lansia yang tinggal di panti sosial paling banyak adalah SD sebanyak 50 lansia (37,0%). Status pernikahan lansia yang ada di panti sosial terbanyak adalah duda yaitu sebanyak 65 lansia (48,1%). Tingkat depresi pada lansia yang ada di panti sosial terbanyak adalah tingkat depresi ringan yaitu sebanyak 55 lansia (40,7%) Kata kunci: depresi, lansia, panti sosial THE LEVEL OF DEPRESSION IN THE ELDERLY LIVING IN NURSING HOME ABSTRACTAging is a condition that must be felt by every individual, but aging is not necessarily healthy for every elderly. One of the most common psychological problems in the elderly is depression. Depression in the elderly is often masked by physical symptoms. Depression is influenced by several factors including biology, psychological and social. It is faered that the incidence of depression will increase the quality of health and the elderly quality of life. The aim of this study is to determine the level of depression in the elderly who live in nursing homes. Ths research is a study with cross sectional design. The observations were made on 135 elderly who were obtained through purposive sampling techniques and carried out in March 2020. The inclusion criteria for determining the sample are the elderly who are aged 60 years and over, the elderly who have inhabited in nursing home for more than 6 months and have no family. The result showed that the most elderly people living in nursing home were in the age range of 65-69 years (37,0%), the lowest age range was the elderly who were aged 80 years and over (10,4%). The most eldely sexes who live in nursing home are male, as many as 73 elderly people (54,1%). Data on the characteristics of the education of the elderly who live in nursing home is the most elementary school as many as 50 elderly (37,0%). The status of the marriage of the elderly in the most nursing home is widower with 65 elderly people (48,1%). The highest level of depression in elderly at nursing home is the level of mild depression, which is 66 elderly (40,7%). Keywords: depression, elderly, nursing home

scholarly journals Quality of life of the elderly in urban and rural areas in Serbia

2015 ◽  
Vol 72 (11) ◽  
pp. 968-974 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jadranka Urosevic ◽  
Gordana Odovic ◽  
Dragan Rapaic ◽  
Mladen Davidovic ◽  
Sanja Trgovcevic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Family Members ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Social Contacts ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Urban And Rural Areas ◽  
Anxiety Depression

Background/Aim. The number of elderly people in the world is growing, in Serbia as well. Serbia is already among the top ten countries with the oldest population, it is the fact. Aging influences the quality of life in different ways. The aim of this study was to assess the health-related quality of life of the elderly in urban and rural areas in Serbia. Methods. The study included 100 elderly people aged 65 years and above in urban and rural areas in Serbia. The next questionnaires were used: a sociodemographic questionnaire and a Serbian version of standardized European Euro-QoL questionnaire (EQ-5D-3L), as a basic index for the assessment and description of the quality of life. Results. In the structure of the respondents, according to the achieved social contacts (p = 0.012), the life of those with family members (p = 0.009), and health status (p = 0.000), in relation to the place of residence there was a statistically significant difference. There was a significant difference (p = 0.040), predominantly poor score for anxiety/depression within the rural population. The average value of quality of life in urban and rural areas was not statistically significant (p = 0.720). For those living in rural areas there was a statistically significant positive correlation between anxiety/depression and age, wealth status, marital status, living with family members and achieving social contacts, while a negative correlation was observed between anxiety/depression and education. Conclusion. On the basis of the data of our study, we can say that the presence of anxiety/depression among older people is greater in rural than in urban areas. The results of this study show that the perception of anxiety/depression among older in rural areas is bigger with the age and poverty increasing, the loss of a spouse, life without family members, lack of achievement of social contacts and lower education.

scholarly journals Urban-Rural Disparities in The Utilization of Primary Health Care Center Among Elderly in East Java, Indonesia

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ratna Dwi Wulandari ◽  
Agung Dwi Laksono
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Utilization Of Health Services ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Urban Rural

Introduction: Urban always attracts investors to invest. Health facilities in urban areas are growing rapidly compared to villages. This condition is estimated to contribute to the disparity of urban-rural areas in the utilization of health services. Studying the utilization of health services is a way to evaluate the performance of the health care system through its output. Aim: This study was intended to analyze urban-rural disparity in the utilization of primary health care or puskesmas use by the elderly.Methods: This study was used the 2013 Riskesdas (Indonesian Basic Health Survey) raw data. The 2013 Riskesdas was designed a cross-sectional survey. With the multi-stage cluster random sampling method, 25,813 elderly people in East Java Province were obtained. Data were analyzed using Multinomial Logistic Regression tests.Results: Elderly people in urban areas have a better probability of outpatient use of 1.208 than those living in rural areas (OR 1.208; 95% CI 1.057-1.380). The elderly who have a primary school and under education have the possibility of 1.558 times more utilizing outpatients in the puskesmas than the elderly who have college education levels (OR 1.558; 95% CI 1.001-2.424). Conclusions: There was a disparity between urban and rural areas in the utilization of outpatient puskesmas in East Java by the elderly. Policy makers in East Java are recommended to improve facilities and infrastructure of the puskesmas in rural areas by paying attention to the results of this study.

scholarly journals Green and Blue Space Availability and Self-Rated Health among Seniors in China: Evidence from a National Survey

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 545
Author(s):  
Chensong Lin ◽  
Longfeng Wu
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
National Level ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Coverage Ratio ◽  
Self Rated Health ◽  
Health Promoting ◽  
Major River ◽  
Urban And Rural Areas

Many empirical studies have shown evidence of multiple health benefits provided by green and blue spaces. Despite the importance of these spaces, investigations are scarce in details for blue spaces rather than green. Moreover, most research has focused on developed regions. A limited number of studies on blue spaces can be found in China with a focus on the city level. Outcomes have been mixed due to varying research scales, methodologies, and definitions. This study relies on a national-level social survey to explore how the self-rated health (SRH) of senior individuals is associated with local green and blue space availability in urban and rural areas. Results indicate that the coverage ratio of overall green spaces and waterbodies around a resident’s home have marginal effects on SRH status in both urban and rural areas. In urban areas, living close to a park can is marginally beneficial for older people’s health. Regarding different types of blue spaces, the presence of a major river (within 0.3–0.5 km) or coastline (within 1 km and 1–5 km) in the vicinity of home negatively affects SRH among the elderly in urban areas. Close proximity to lakes and other types of waterbodies with a water surface larger than 6.25 ha did not significantly influence SRH. These findings not only evaluate general health impacts of green/blue space development on senior populations across the county but inform decision makers concerning the health-promoting qualities and features of different green/blue spaces to better accommodate an aging population in the era of urbanization.

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