scholarly journals Ageing and social policies in times of crisis

1970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luís Capucha
Keyword(s):  
Age Structure ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Living Conditions ◽  
The State ◽  
Social Policies ◽  
Pension Systems ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
The Relationship

The ageing of the populations at the top of the age structure is a result of the relationship between social policies and longevity, and is posing new challenges to the sustainability of health and pension systems. The response to these challenges has been taking the shape of austerity policies that are not sparing the elderly. This backwards step in the quality of social policies has been degrading people’s living conditions and harming their rights, without resolving the problem of how to finance the state. An alternative may entail reforms that see the state as an investment and a factor for growth and well-being.

scholarly journals Experiences and the quality of life of the elderly during the COVID-19 pandemic and the introduction of COVID-19 restrictive measures in Serbia

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-231
Author(s):  
Tamara Džamonja-Ignjatović ◽  
Biljana Stanković ◽  
Tamara Klikovac
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Emotional Reactions ◽  
Need Satisfaction ◽  
The State ◽  
State Of Emergency ◽  
Restrictive Measures

This paper is part of a broader qualitative study examining the experience of people during the first wave of the pandemic in Serbia when the state of emergency was proclaimed, and the effects of this situation on the quality of life and mental health of specific age groups. The paper presents the results of interviews conducted with people over 65, who were particularly affected by the introduced restrictive measures, due to which many senior citizens felt a significant decline in the quality of life, accompanied by the risk of developing various emotional problems. In order to understand better their specific experiences during the pandemic and the related measures introduced, we conducted a qualitative study taking into account the characteristics of previous life contexts, the changes in daily life and life quality during the pandemic, emotional reactions and coping strategies, as well as their expectations of the future. During April and early May 2020, sixteen people of both sexes (4 male) were interviewed, aged 65 to 87 (M = 71.19 years). The transcripts of the semi-structured interviews were processed in Maxqda qualitative analysis software and analysed by the principle of thematic analysis. The general conclusion is that the elderly from our sample adapted without major difficulties and managed to maintain a satisfactory level of their subjective well-being despite the pandemic and restrictive measures, with the help and support of their immediate social environment and in the context of the former general quality of life. This resulted in good adaptive strategies and outcomes, even in the situation of the restricted need satisfaction. However, the findings of the research indicate that, in the elderly, reactions to the pandemic are different from the reactions to the introduced measures - the tolerance of the elderly to the endangerment of personal needs is greater than the tolerance to the endangerment of personal rights and dignity. While the concern about one's own health was not explicitly expressed, the citizens older than 65 felt more affected by the introduction of the state of emergency and, especially, by the restrictive measures. The introduced measures of isolation resulted in increased negative feelings and a decline in the quality of life, as well as perceiving the threat to one's personal dignity.

scholarly journals Social Network and Healthy Ageing among Elderly in Helping Hearts Old Age Home, Coimbatore

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (12S) ◽  
pp. 571-576
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Social Participation ◽  
Meaning In Life ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Healthy Ageing ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship

In the current times, the research cites that elderly definitely need social networks to aid in their mental and physical well being. The previous researches have indicated familyfocused, friend-focused, and restricted types as the types of social networks available. Social network include social interaction and social communication. It is the need of the hour to study about the social network of the elderly population because many of them are left with nobody and loneliness is one of the important factor not to mention about desertion by their loved ones since they are no longer productive individuals. The heterogeneity of social networks is pathway to successful and healthy ageing. Healthy ageing is about using opportunities so that they can have social participation and lead a good quality of life. Elderly need not be burdensome individuals in the society instead they can be involved in lot of activities which contribute to them ageing gracefully. The research studies state that rural elderly have more chances of social participation that they find more meaning in life which is a contributing factor for healthy ageing. The present study aims to find out the relationship between social network and healthy ageing.

DISTANT TRACK OF ECOLOGICAL DISASTERS ON THE GENETIC-REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL OF GENERATIONS

2021 ◽  
pp. 93-98
Author(s):  
Lazareva N.V.
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Load ◽  
Reproductive Potential ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The State ◽  
Genetic Monitoring ◽  
Acceptable Solution ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Positive Results

The paper discusses and highlights the promising modern environmental problems that affect pollution and environmental destruction, affecting the health status of the population. The deterioration of the situation cannot be justified and compensated for by the positive results of the progress of civilization - today the decaying environment is gaining more and more weight even in comparison with the well-being and economic prosperity of developed countries, affecting the dynamics of the state of health. The studies carried out to determine the relationship between the development of psycho-somatic morbidity and environmental factors of environmental pollution are confirmed by a direct correlation dependence. Studies of the evolution of populations and species are described in detail under the increased pressure of mutations caused by pollution of the biosphere of an atomic and nuclear agent. However, until now, these studies have not been carried out with the required depth and scope. The proposed human genetic monitoring sets itself the task of determining the volume and dynamics of the hereditary health disorders in people caused by the influence of the genetic load. It has been proved that the main, methodologically, when working on genetic monitoring of a person is that an increase in the number of genetic pathologies in the population can be established only when reliable quantitative data are obtained. Thus, an absolutely acceptable solution to the contradictions between the quality of health and the state of the ecological situation has not yet been proposed.

New Approaches to Old Problems: The Well-Being of the Population of Russia from 1821 to 1910 as Measured by Physical Stature

Slavic Review ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boris N. Mironov
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Medical Care ◽  
Genetic Factors ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Living Conditions ◽  
Physical Stature ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Conditions Of Work

Scholars generally agree on the relationship between the physical stature, or height, of children and adults, and their quality of life, or their biological status, including diet, illnesses, intensity and conditions of work, availability of medical care, living conditions, psychological well-being, climate, water, air, and other environmental factors that have impinged on their lives prior to the point at which their height is measured. Genetic factors have an important effect on individual height, but genetic distinctions lose their significance when masses of individuals are measured and average heights are compared. The same effect holds at the level of entire populations: differences in height are determined, not by ethnic or racial attributes, but by living conditions.

scholarly journals Relationship with children and the psychological well-being of the elderly in Indonesia

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 205031211983602
Author(s):  
Litha Almira ◽  
Lathifah Hanum ◽  
Adhityawarman Menaldi
Keyword(s):  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Social Exchanges ◽  
Elderly Parents ◽  
Convenience Sampling ◽  
The Relationship

Objective: Many older adults in Indonesia live with their children. This study examined the relationship between the quality of the relationship that elderly parents may have with their children living with them and any effects on psychological well-being. Methods: Relationship quality encompasses positive and negative aspects. This study employed convenience sampling and to reach 102 elderly participants. A measure of positive and negative social exchanges was used to measure the relationship between elderly parents and their children. Ryff’s Scale of Psychological Well-Being was utilized to measure the psychological well-being of the subjects. We used descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation coefficient, an independent t-test, and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) to assess the statistics produced. Results: The primary results showed no correlation between the positive qualities of the relationship and psychological well-being ( r = 0.092, p > 0.01). However, the negative qualities of the relationship were negatively correlated with psychological well-being ( r = −0.335, p < 0.01). Conclusion: Thus, negative qualities of relationships with their children were found to be more impactful on psychological well-being than positive qualities in elderly parents who maintain coresidence with their children. This means that the greater the lack of sympathy, intrusion, failure to provide needed help, and rejection/neglect from the child, the worse the psychological well-being of the elderly parent.

scholarly journals Polypharmacy, the ethical implication in the elderly

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 11-15
Author(s):  
Elena G. Olvera-Hernández ◽  
María del Refugio Acuña-Gurrola ◽  
Alejandro Chehue Romero
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Life Expectancy ◽  
Geriatric Medicine ◽  
Population Group ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
The State ◽  
Ethical Implication ◽  
San Jose

Worldwide, the population has been aging,  in 2015, life expectancy was 70.5 years old, with around 14% of the planet's inhabitants having an age of 60 years or more. While, for the same period (Organización de las Naciones Unidas, 2013). The average number of years was, in Mexico, 74.95, with 10.28% being part of this population group (Consejo Nacionacional de Población, 2019). In Mexico in 2016 it amounted to 12.4 million people over 60 years. For its part, in the State of Hidalgo, based on data taken from the Intercensal Survey conducted by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography, in 2015, 10.90% of the population exceeded 60 years, with a life expectancy of 74.46 years (Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía, 2019). However, greater life expectancy does not imply greater quality of life, that is, living longer is not associated with well-being, since currently the increase in longevity is accompanied by a higher incidence of morbidity and disabilities, directly related with geriatric medicine (Bagma, Griño, San José & Armandons, 2010).

scholarly journals Spiritual Status Related to Life Quality Of Elderly

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 53-59
Author(s):  
Mujib Hannan ◽  
Syaifurrahman Hidayat
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Life Experience ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Spearman Test ◽  
The Relationship

ABSTRACT Good spiritual owned by the elderly will help them in maintaining the relationship with God, people around, and environment, so that they can realize and know the purpose of life in the future. Elderly suffer from various health problems due to the vulnerability of many physical and mental disorders. Quality of life in the elderly can be influenced by many environmental factors. Quality of life tends to be good when the physical and psychological conditions are healthy and functioning properly. The research method used analytic correlation with cross-sectional design, the population in this study was the elderly who were more than 45 years old, the sampling technique was Simple Random Sampling with 83 samples. Analysis technique to determine the relationship betwen spiritual status with quality of life of the elderly used Spearman test. The results of this study said that most of the respondents' spiritual status can be categorized as high as 48 people (57.8%) and most of the quality of life of respondents can be categorized as good as 46 people (55.4%). In other words, it can be concluded that Spearman Rho test results indicated that Significancyp value = 0.004 (p <0.005). For the result, it means that there was a relationship between spiritual status and quality of life of elderly. Quality of life is a humans’s subjective feelings about their well-being, based on their current life experience, in which spiritual significantly is able to help the elderly and provide services to adapt with changes caused by chronic disease. Keywords: spiritual status, life quality, elderly

scholarly journals Social Policies and the Financing of Social Development Programs in Ecuador

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 128
Author(s):  
Dante Ayaviri Nina ◽  
Maria Rivera Llanos ◽  
Gabith Quispe Fernandez
Keyword(s):  
Social Development ◽  
Econometric Model ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Programs ◽  
Social Policies ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
The Social ◽  
Life Improvement ◽  
The Relationship

This article explores and examines the social policies implemented in Ecuador, aiming to determine how social programs of education, health and housing impact on social development programs and beneficiary population. For analysis, an econometric model of multiple linear regression is applied, which allows to analyze and demonstrate the relationship between studied variables, in turn, is accompanied by a survey of 146 beneficiaries in communities receiving the programs. The effect of financing such policies &ndash; implemented through social programs &ndash; has had significant impact on social development programs, as well as on the population receiving them, contributing to well-being and quality of life improvement.

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