System analysis of factors affecting the quality of life of aged people in their use of different forms of social services

Abstract

The paper discusses factors influencing the satisfaction with quality of life (QoL) in aged and old people. QoL is considered in relation to the form of homecare and institutional care in urban and rural places. In rural places QoL is more dependent on the existence of and living with family than on the state of health or welfare position. In urban places, in special housing for lonely aged people and invalids, QoL is determined by the state of health, which allows independence in the fulfillment of everyday self-services. Under conditions of stationary services, the most important factor is the feeling of loneliness and isolation; this sometimes provokes the feelings of life fatigue and depression, which leads to alcohol abuse.