Abstract

Abstract- Elderly people may suffer from the multiple health disorders due to the vulnerability for many physical and mental disturbances, Quality of life in elderly population can be affected by many environmental factors Objective(s): Cross sectional study was aimed to determine the quality of life in elderly people resident in nursing home and present investigation attempt to study the quality of life elderly men and women living in institutions nursing home. Methodology: The study was conducted on a simple random sample of 50 elderly in the age ranging from 65-76 years of which men and women in living in nursing home settings. The questionnaire was administered, data was collected and tabulated. .Results the results revealed that elderly living in nursing home showed high level of quality of life .The result also revealed that there is no significant relationship difference between the domain of quality of life and demographic characteristics expect age with p-value (0.05). Conclusion: The study concluded The study confirms that, old age group is predominantly males with (57 - 73) years old, Old age residents have no opportunity for better education, Old age resident's demographic characteristics do not show any relationship to their domain quality of life. Recommendations: The study recommended. Promotion quality of life can be implemented for old age residents, Routine annual quality of life assessment and evaluation can be presented to old age individuals, and A comparative study should be conducted between elderly nursing home resident and community elderly quality of life. Index Terms- quality of life, elderly, nursing home