معنى الحياة لدى المسنين المقيمين مع أسرهم و المقيمين في دور الرعاية

Abstract EN

The study is crystallized in revealing the level of Meaning of Life for Elder people according to the difference of the place of residence(with family – home care), The Gender(males – females), (the existing of children or not)and the difference of duration of staying at home care.

This study applied on 58 elderly with age range 60-90 years old.

Divided into 27 males-31 females, 30residing with family and 28 residing on home care.

The Kronbach alpha coefficient was used to measure the stability of the study, and the Internal consistency to measure cycometric properties for this study and rulers validity.

The study resulted that there is statistical significant difference in the Meaning of Life for elder according residence(with family – home care)for staying with family, and there no statistical significant difference for elder in the meaning of life related to the gender(males-females), and the period of residency at home care(less than year-5years-more than5years), and there is differenceto the presence of sons.

Key words: Meaning of life - Elder people.