Aim: Ageing is a universal phenomenon and natural biological process of the life cycle. As people enter old age, they begin to experience associated changes in their physical, mental & social health. Therefore, elderly people are vulnerable to physiological, mental and social crisis. Moreover, the aim of this study was to assess social functioning as perceived by institutionalized elderly, utilizing a descriptive exploratory research design. Sample of convenience of 90 elderly was recruited from Hedaya Barakat geriatric home in El-Dokki district, Giza city, Egypt. Socio demographic sheet, social functioning for elderly scales was used to achieve the purpose of this study. The findings revealed that; half of the studied institutionalized elderly (50%) had moderate levels of social functioning. The study concludes that, the current study revealed that, statistically significant relation was found between social relation and their age among the studied elderly.
AOsman, Z., A Abd El-Latif, S., Gaber, N. M., & H. Ragab, W. (2016). Social Functioning Problems As Perceived By Institutionalized Elderly. Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 7(4), 320-328. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2016.104834
MLA
Zeinab, AOsman; Sayeda A Abd El-Latif; Naglaa M., Gaber; Walaa, H. Ragab. "Social Functioning Problems As Perceived By Institutionalized Elderly", Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 7, 4, 2016, 320-328. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2016.104834
HARVARD
AOsman, Z., A Abd El-Latif, S., Gaber, N. M., H. Ragab, W. (2016). 'Social Functioning Problems As Perceived By Institutionalized Elderly', Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 7(4), pp. 320-328. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2016.104834
VANCOUVER
AOsman, Z., A Abd El-Latif, S., Gaber, N. M., H. Ragab, W. Social Functioning Problems As Perceived By Institutionalized Elderly. Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 2016; 7(4): 320-328. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2016.104834
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