Jakość życia ludzi starych w aspekcie ich zdrowia

Abstract

Life satisfaction of the elderly in an aspect of their health The aim of the research project was to describe life satisfaction of 92 old people’s houses’ residents in USA, Poland and Germany. The research was conducted with a questionnaire. Research results show statistically significant differences between the national samples. The Americans are satisfied in the highest degree with their health and physical state. The Poles appraised highly their psychical state and the Germans are less satisfied with all the three health categories if compared to the other groups. All the three research groups appraised their past higher than present time and future, which was classified as the least satisfying. The past was appraised in the highest degree by the Poles. Also the Americans appraised their past highly but they also saw their future in the least satisfying way. It might be explained with the fact, that American group was the oldest one. The Germans are the least to be satisfied with their past and present time but they expect to experience a satisfying future. The Poles estimated the quality of their present and future time at the same level of satisfaction.