Perception of the elderly on the quality of life in the nursing homes of Tegucigalpa, 2014

Authors

  • Darguin Manuel Amaya Varela Beneficiario de beca de estudiante de posgrado de la DICYP, Maestría en Metodologías de Investigación Económica y Social, UNAH
  • Elvis Geovany Tejo Teruel Asesor, Profesor, Escuela de Sociología, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, UNAH

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5377/pc.v10i0.3014

Keywords:

elderly, family, quality of life, nursing home

Abstract

The article´s main objective is to find out what elderly think in regard to the quality of life in nursing homes in Tegucigalpa in 2014, therefore a group of seniors who live in nursing homes were interviewed.

The instruments used were structured interviews and participant observations. The sample was chosen by convenience, being composed of 22 people in total, 10 women and 12 men, all over 65 years old and living in the following nursing homes: Salvador Aguirre, Maria Eugenia, Silver Threads and Day Centre and Rest (ASSIGN).

The research is part of a qualitative approach, based on the perspective of the participants in a natural environment and in relation to the context, based on a phenomenological design, which focuses on the subjective individual experiences of the participants and a collective perspective. The program Atlas Ti was used to facilitate the analysis and interpretation of qualitative data.

As a result we can say that older adults feel that they have a good quality of life in comparison to their situation before reaching the nursing home. Nonetheless, only a few of them are visited by their families.  

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Published

2016-11-23

How to Cite

Amaya Varela, D. M., & Tejo Teruel, E. G. (2016). Perception of the elderly on the quality of life in the nursing homes of Tegucigalpa, 2014. Portal De La Ciencia, 10, 130–143. https://doi.org/10.5377/pc.v10i0.3014

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Área Económico Administrativas