PhD Scientific Days

Poster Presentation: Mental Health

P13: Challenges and opportunities for elderly people’s day care services in the light of growing and changing needs

Előadó neve

Vajda, Kinga Katalin

Előadó munkahelye

Institute of Metal Health/MAZS Foundation

Előadó telefonszáma

+36709449884

Előadó e-mail címe

kinga.vajda88@gmail.com

Az előadás címe

Challenges and opportunities for elderly people’s day care services in the light of growing and changing needs

Szerző(k) neve és munkahelye

Kinga Vajda
Institute of Mental Health/Semmelweis University, Budapest

Szekció

Poster Presentation: Mental Health

Data of the presenter

Doctoral School: Mental Health Sciences
Program: Sociological and mental health approaches to resources
for individuals and communities
Supervisor: Dr. Zsuzsa Széman
E-mail address: kinga.vajda88@gmail.com

Text of the abstract

Introduction
In the last decades ageing of the population has become a global issue waiting for the right answer. The systems providing care need urgent change, a different strategic view and enhanced services in order to maintain their sustainability.
Aims
The main goal of my research is evaluating the actual status of clients of the basic social services primarily the day care service in Hungary. The results of the questionnaire were based on the self-assessments of the clients exploring their opportunities for a self-supporting, active ageing, and the resources needed.
Methods
A quantitative research is used based on an anonymously filled in questionnaire by clients of governmental institutions in the 7 regional centers. Creating the questionnaire I followed methods of questionnaires that were used by the Active Ageing Index (Zaidi et. al, 2015) and other former sources.
Results
The research involved 368 participants among them 16% were 64 or younger, 40% were between 65-74, 34 % 75-84 years old and 10% were older than 85. 75% of the participants were women.
Independently of the regional affiliation the more the participants felt secure the more they reported themselves happy.
The accessibility was provided in 24% of the participants’ households mostly in the central and eastern regions.
Satisfaction integrated variable was made with principal component analysis and showed significant correlation with participants’ happiness and self-assessed health status. Furthermore, the number of reliable connections also related to satisfaction.
The access to mobility and technical devices shows correlation with the regional affiliations.
Conclusion
The eastern regions of the country are not as disadvantaged as believed. Low level of perceptions of safety and reliable connections affects strongly the happiness of the elderly.
While continuing data analysis, I am planning to involve Holocaust survivors as a subsample and to interview directors of the institutions.

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P13

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Szabad

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nem rendelkezett róla

Előadó

1173

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