Document Type
Article
Keywords
Qualitative research design, Quality of life indicators, Older people, Community vision incorporated, In home care, Residential Aged care facilities, Subjective and objective quality of life, Place of residence
Publisher
Canadian Center of Science and Education
Faculty
Faculty of Computing, Health and Science
School
School of Psychology and Social Science
RAS ID
9100
Abstract
Using a largely qualitative research design, this study originally explored how a small cohort of aged clients and human service workers assessed and measured Quality of Life (QOL) amongst older people. A literature review was undertaken and interviews were conducted with participants from Community Vision Incorporated (CVI) and other key informants from separate human service agencies. The findings suggested that there was a dichotomous relationship between the perceived affects that in-home care and aged care facilities had on the QOL of older people. A number of participants suggested that in-home care and aged care facilities were disempowering and overall, impacted negatively on the Objective QOL (O-QOL) and Subjective QOL (S-QOL) of older people. This paper will outline these complexities and further discuss related themes, issues and new insights into the relationship between an older person’s ‘place of residence’ and other O & S-QOL indicators.
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Comments
Georgiou, J., & Hancock, P. (2009). Quality of life indicators: The objective-subjective interrelationship that exists within one’s ‘Place of Residence’ in old age. Asian Social Life, 5(9), 3-20. DOI:10.5539/ass.v5n9p3