SEMINAR TOPIC

A study of Factors Compelling Elderly to stay in old

Age Home with special reference to Kundapur city
old Age Homes

By,

MANJUNATH S MOKASHI
Assistance Professor
Post Graduate Department of Social Work
St.Marys College Shirva
Udupi Dist
Email:manjumokashi1@gmai.com
Mob :9731193117

Published by
Janaspandana Trust Shikaripura Shivamoga
District Karnataka state,India
ISBN:978-81-932734-6-3
 A study of factors compelling elderly to stay in old age home with
special reference to Kundapur city old age homes
Abstract
Government endeavors are expanding quickly in the field of contemporary, social,
financial, open interest and different components to lessen abuse against the old age
people. However, in the present time, the circumstance against the old people is
evolving,individuals have begun despised them, they strongly made them to move
from their own particular homes. Because of this they get to be destitute and may move
to old age homes. This article depends on the different requests of old age people.The
object of this study was to explore the factors compelling elderly to reside in old age
homes. This article has been taken from a old age homes of Kundapur city Udupi
district.
Keywords: Old age home,Compelling factors, Elderly ,Socio-economic

Introduction
According to census 2001, older people were 7.7% of the total population, which
expanded to 8.14% in enumeration 2011. The projections for population more than 60
years in next four censuses are: 133.32 million (2021), 178.59 (2031), 236.01 million
(2041) and 300.96 million (2051). The increments in the elderly population are the
aftereffect of changing fruitfulness and mortality administrations over the last 40-50
years (Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, 2011) and (Central Statistics
Office,New Delhi, 2011). With the quickly expanding number of matured, the
consideration of elderly has risen as an essential issue in India. Giving consideration to
the matured has never been an issue in India where a quality based joint family
framework was prevailing. This family structure has been the socio- monetary spine of
the normal Indian (Shah, 1998). Amid sick wellbeing or crisis or any basic position,
relatives were taking the duties and sharing the weight to offer assistance each other.
The families likewise were sharing the duty to care for their elderly by giving every
one of them sort of bolster including enthusiastic, mental, behavioral or monetary.
They were getting full regard and esteem. Their advices were likewise being gotten by
more youthful era and were adored and regarded. They were living in the family till the
end of their life. With the expanding impact of modernization and new ways of life
bringing about transitional changes in worth framework as of late, the joint family is
separating into a few scattered atomic families (Shah, 1998). Change in family
structure and contemporary changes in the psycho-social grid and values regularly
constrain the elderly to live alone or to move from their own homes to a few
organizations or maturity homes (Dotty, 1992, Hegde et al, 2012, Kumar et al, 2012,
Devi et al, 2013, Mishra, 2008 and Mudey et al, 2011). OAHs are coming in presence
as a fresher inhabitance for elderly and turning into the need of present Indian culture.
The late information appears that there are more than 1,000 seniority homes in India
and a large portion of them are situated in the south India. There are of two sorts of
seniority homes: free and paid. The "free" sort administer to the down and out old
individuals who have no family to administer to them. In such OAHs cover,
nourishment, dress and restorative consideration and so forth are being without given
of expense. In the paid sort, a wide range of administrations are accessible at a cost. Be
that as it may, scarcely concentrates on investigated the elements mindful to constrain
elderly to dwell in OAHs.In this manner, an endeavor was made to investigate
elements mindful to constrain elderly to dwell in OAHs leaving their own homes.
Objectives
The expression "old" can be connected with physical insufficiency, organic
disintegration or incapacity or even mental factors. Numerous more seasoned people
discover living with their grown-up kids to be more troublesome then living alone and
numerous don't have a decision and need to live independently from their grown-up
kids. In these conditions maturity homes is by all accounts the decision for the more
established people. The inquiry that emerges is the disposition of the old people to
these settings in the last period of their life. Is seniority home are skilled to give an
alternatives to family preservation? Do they trade off with the circumstance or would
they say they are upbeat and allowed to live with gathering individuals? In light of
these inquiries the accompanying study was led on a maturity home in Kundapur city
with the accompanying
i.To examine the specialties of old age home.
ii.To examine the money related establishment of the respondent.
iii.To examine the family and family associations of the respondent.
iv.To examine the clarifications behind moving from own children's home to the
development home.
Methodology
Study Design: exploratory study.
Sample size: A total of 40 elderly residing in Old age home were included in the
study.
Inclusion criteria: (a) Staying in old age homes since six months or more.
(b) elderly aged 60 years and above residing in old age homes and able to
communicate.
(c) Able to understand,comprehend and reply to questions and
Exclusion criteria: (a) Non-cooperative due to any reason
(b) any physical problems interfering with interview (e.g. problem in Speech, Hearing,
and Vision).
Assessment Tool: Semi-structured proforma to gather social-demographic details and
an open ended question to solicit the factor responsible for their stay in Old age home.
Procedure:The researcher has approached the concerning authorities of these 2
identified old age homes and briefed about the purpose of the study. A total of 55
elderly residents from these old age homes were screened for the study. 15 of them
were excluded as per inclusion/exclusion criteria and 40 were screened as the study
sample.After initial rapport building and seeking written informed consent, the
social-demographic details were obtained on a semi-structured proforma. To explore
the reasons/factors compelled them to shift from their own homes to the old age home
an interview was done. Data was analyzed using percentage statistics.

Result and Discussion

A total 40 old age people participated in the study.table 1 shows their social
demographic details,table 2 shows duration of stay at old age home and table 3 show
factors compelled to residing old age home

Table 1:Socio Demographic details

Social-demographic Details Number Percentage

Age 60-65 15 37.5%
65-70 13 32.5%
 70-75 10 25%
75and above 2 5%
Gender Male 28 70%
Female 12 30%
Marital Married living together 12 30%
Never married 2 5%
Widow/widower 24 60%
Divorced 2 5%
Occupation Self employed 10 25%
previously Household work 11 27.5%
involved Government work 04 10%
Private work 15 37.5%
Education 1-7th 9 22.5%
8-12th 18 45%
Graduate 9 22.5%
Post graduate 2 5%
Illiterate 2 5%
Religion Hindu 27 67.5%
Muslim 02 5%
Christian 11 27.5%

Social-demographic table shows age ,gender,occupational ,educational level ,marital

status and religion of respondents.Most of the old age home residents were male(70%)
age between 60-65 years(37.5%),8-12 level educated (45%),Hindu religion
(67.5%),widow/widower (60%) and occupation involved in private work (37.5%)

Table 2:Duration of stay at old age home

Period No Percentage
0-1 year 8 20%
1-2year 16 40%
3-5 year 10 25%
6-10 year 6 15%
The table 2 shows that 40% majority of respondents have been living at old age home
1- 2 years while 25% of respondents have been living 3-5 years and remaining 20%
respondents have been living 0-1 year and 15% of respondents have been living 6-10
years.
Table 3:Factors compelling elderly to stay in old age home

Factors No Percentage
Loneliness 2 5%
Adjustment problem 8 20%
Nuclear family system 3 7.5%
Having no son 2 5%
Live independently and peacefully 5 12.5%
Children dont want to keep in home 6 15%
Settle of children at abroad 5 12.5%
Children dont have time to take care 4 10%
Misbehavior of son 2 5%
Dint want to stay with daughter 1 2.5%
To serve almighty god 2 5%

The factors compelled the old age home residents residing in old age home shows in
table-3.The the most common reasons were adjustment problem with family members
(20%) and children dont want to keep at home (15%).other factors were live
independently and peacefully (12.5%),settle of children at abroad (12.5%),nuclear
family (7.5%)loneliness,misbehavior of son ,to serve almighty god ,having no son (5%)
respectively and didnt want to stay with daughter (2.5%)

Conclusion
The study reflects that residents of old age home were have adjustment problems with
family members,Misbehavior of children, financial crisis,loneliness,settled children at
abroad often lead to feeling of ignorance and lack of emotional support in elderly
which often compel them to opt other places for living a problem free life. And, in
present scenario old age homes are being considered as a better alternative to reside.
Probably old age is the age when a human being feels more in need of someone to
interact with and someone to share his/her feelings.There is a need to generate
emotional support facilities in these homes and the government and voluntary agencies
in India must make arrangements for institutional support and care for the elderly.

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