A Comparative Study of Psychological Well Being Among Elderly Persons Living with Family and Living in Institutions

Abstract

The old age is a natural process of life cycle and it is a later part of human life. As in old age physical and psychological changes begin to occur. To cope with these psychological changes a lot of care and adjustment is required. They need physical, psychological and emotional support and attention for their well-being. Well-being is the stage of being blissful, comfy and healthy. In short well-being could be described as how one feels about himself and his life. Purpose of the present study is to compare psychological well-being among elderly persons living with family and living in institutions. For this purpose, present study is conducted on 60 respondents age ranged from 50 to 65, 30 institutionalized and 30 living with family selected on the basis of purposive random sampling method. Psychological well-being scale by Dr. D.S. Sisodia and Ms. P. Choudhary (2012) was used to measure level of psychological well- being. T-test is applied to find out the significant difference on psychological well-being between the groups. The finding shows significant difference on psychological well-being between living status among elderly persons. Elderly living with family showed higher level of psychological well-being as compared to institutionalized elderly.