Assessment of the Quality of Life of Senior Citizens in Ernakulam District of Kerala
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2011
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Quality of life is one of the oldest and most persistently investigated
issues in the study of adulthood. This study was conducted on a sample of
100 elderly persons (50 male and 50 females) selected from 26 old age homes
through stratified random sampling and 500 free living elderly consisting of
250 males and 250 females using the WHOQOL - BREF tool. This study
revealed that free living males and females expressed more satisfaction than
their counterparts residing in old age homes'.