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© 1973 Oxford University Press

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THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN GLASGOW'S EAST END

AGNES T. KENNIE and MARION M. ARNOTT

Lightburn Hospital Glasgow

In the course of conducting a much more extensive survey of the needs of old people in Glasgow's east end, an attempt was made to assess the quality of life of those living at home in terms of comfort, companionship, food and purpose in living and to relate these to their mental and physical state.

Sixty-three per cent of both men and women enjoyed reasonable social stability. Of the other 37 per cent, men suffered more deprivations than women and at an earlier age. In women advancing age was the dominant factor. In men the greatest loss was in purpose in living. In women this was equalled by loss of companionship.

Twenty-four per cent of the subjects suffered some crippling mental or physical illness. Men suffered most from illnesses causing pain and distress and women most from lesions which deprived them of freedom to move about. Loss of mental faculties was the least frequent abnormality encountered. In men these illnesses were frequently associated with loss of all the social ‘cornerstones’; in women the loss was less marked but they also had considerable loss in purpose in living.

It is suggested that more help is required from all sources; medical care, social services and voluntary help to seek out old people in their homes who are unfit and to cure, alleviate or support them.


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