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Determining Levels of Daily Activity and Life Quality of Elder Individuals: Example of the Private Bisev Nursing Home

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  • Turkmen, Arzu

    (THE RUSSIAN ACADEMIC JOURNAL)

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residing in the Çanakkale Province, Biga County Private Bisev Nursing Home as well as to put instructive suggestions to corporationsin order to develop health care of elder individuals. Questionnaire method was applied through face to face discussions with elderindividuals (n=58 persons). Statistical analysis was conducted on SPSS Clementine 12.0 package program. Descriptive analysis hasbeen performed for analysis data as well as cross tables have been formed through frequency distribution of participants included inresearch, health problems they experience, and variance analysis between disease types and different characteristics. Consequently:average of elder individuals residing at nursing home is = 78 and they are included in the group of advanced ages. 89,7% of the elderindividuals are covered with social security, 51,7% have income. Activity rate of the elder individuals that they could independentlymakes 74%, auxiliary means used mostly by elder individuals are determined as glasses and walking frames or similar. The rate ofindividuals not performing any physical activity is high and rate of elder individuals experiencing no health problem makes 81%. Therate of elder individuals benefiting from care service in the nursing home makes 87,9%. 74,1% of the elder individuals are willing tolive in nursing home. One of the conclusions drawing utmost attention is that even though all of the elder individuals residing atnursing home have children, they prefer to remain in nursing home.

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  • Turkmen, Arzu, 2015. "Determining Levels of Daily Activity and Life Quality of Elder Individuals: Example of the Private Bisev Nursing Home," The Russian Academic Journal, The Wolfcorner publishing house, vol. 31(1).
    • Handle: RePEc:scn:000raj:374
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