The Quality of Life of Young Old (YOLD) Elders in Elderly Clubs in Jakarta

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10.2991/assehr.k.210805.190How to use a DOI?

Keywords

YOLD, quality of life, WHOQOL-BREF, elders, elderly club

Abstract

Early in 2020, the term YOLD, namely “Young Old”, is an elder between the ages of 65 and 75 who still has the characteristics of a young person. Declining conditions in some aspects need to be adjusted by elders to avoid feeling useless, excluded, lonely or prone to disease. However, if they have a positive outlook and realize that their experiences and wisdom can be role models for the next generation, they can have a good quality of life. Quality of life is an individual’s view of their position in life, in their culture or value system, related to expectations, interests, and achievements. This study aims to describe the quality of life of YOLD joining elderly clubs in Jakarta. The YOLD measuring instrument used is the Indonesian version of the WHOQOL-BREF which is a Likert scale consisting of 26 items. The number of participants in this study were 66 elders. The results of this study indicate that the elders’ quality of life has differences in terms of the need for assistance and hope. Elders who feel they have enough activities have a higher quality of life than elders who want to have more activities.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Pamela Hendra Heng
AU  - Riana Sahrani
AU  - Christy Christy
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/08/08
TI  - The Quality of Life of Young Old (YOLD) Elders in Elderly Clubs in Jakarta
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Economics, Business, Social, and Humanities (ICEBSH 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1211
EP  - 1215
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210805.190
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210805.190
ID  - Heng2021
ER  -