Table 2: Choices and visitor status of the elderly living in nursing home.
Variables |
N (109) |
% |
Previous Life Style |
|
|
Lived Alone |
57 |
52.3 |
Family |
44 |
40.4 |
Relative |
7 |
6.4 |
Other |
1 |
0.9 |
The reason for choosing a nursing home |
|
|
Unable to take care of oneself alone |
56 |
51.4 |
I have no one |
7 |
6.4 |
My family does not accept |
9 |
8.3 |
I do not want to be a impose my Family |
16 |
14.7 |
I do not want to be alone |
20 |
18.3 |
Other |
1 |
0.9 |
The decision on staying in nursing home |
|
|
My decision |
82 |
75.2 |
Both mine and of my children |
20 |
18.3 |
Of my children |
7 |
6.4 |
Visitors |
|
|
Had no visitors |
41 |
37.6 |
One or two days a week |
27 |
24.8 |
Every fifteen days |
11 |
10.1 |
Once in a month |
26 |
23.9 |
Other |
4 |
3.7 |