IMPACT OF INTERVENTION ON QUALITY OF LIFE OF ELDERLY IN INDIA.

In the recent years, the entire world has seen a tremendous increase in the elderly population. Even though countries differ in the numerical criterion for defining the old age, the UN has agreed that the cutoff of 60+ years refers to the older population. When the percentage of older population increases in a country, the country faces various new challenges like social impacts and all. On the social side, the elderly population feels continuously isolated due to the changes in the value system. In the present paper the author discover how better QOL can be achieved through the use of SNS. A self structured standardized questionnaire was used to collect the information regarding QOL of the elderly. A total of 450 elderly respondents were selected randomly from three cities i.e. metro, A class and B class city, 150 from each city. Another self structured questionnaire was also used to collect the information regarding use of SNS; the same questionnaire was administered on 166 elderly. It was an intervention study so both questionnaires were administered on 150 elderly after providing training to the elderly up to 3 months with the help of prepared intervention module to see the effect of intervention on elderly’s QOL. For assessing the impact of intervention on elderly’s quality of life many tests i.e. mean standard deviation and paired t test has been administered. There is a significant effect of intervention on QOL. The present paper concluded that the elderly from metro or A class cities were more benefitted than B class city from the intervention provided to them. After getting intervention regarding use of SNS, the tremendous improvement in elderly’s social life was observed.