QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT AT THE ELDERLY – EFFICIENT METHOD OF CARE
QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT AT THE ELDERLY – EFFICIENT METHOD OF CARE

Summary/Abstract: Population ageing is one of the most critical issues we face. It is accompanied by overwhelming health problems, but also social and economic problems. Fertility and mortality rates continue to decline being the main cause of population ageing. From this perspective Romania is a country with an ageing population, the share of population over 60 years was 20.3% in 2010 (National Institute of Statistics of Romania).Western and most recently Eastern European countries, as well as countries from Asia and Africa, have reviewed the social and economic policies on ageing, proposed and carried out special programs aiming to improve the elderly quality of life. Chronic diseases are often comorbidities in older people, lowering functionality, reducing the quality of life and increasing long-term care or health care costs in general. In „Sf. Luca” Hospital Bucharest, we designed a study on the quality of life of elderly patients diagnosed with cancer using specific scales, the WHO Quality of Lyfe Scale and Rotterdam Symptom Checklist Scale in order to cover multiple dimensions of personal life: physical and mental health, dependency rate, social health, environmental issues, spiritual life, activities of daily living, and scales of physical and mental suffering caused by cancer.Using theses tools to assess quality of life is very helpful for the medical team in order to make medical care services more effective and efficient.

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