From the 20-Item survey with my senior family member of sixty-five years, it is evident that the major areas of concern from the results were identified. These were improved health status, having peace of mind, living a happy life, ability to participate in both social and life events and improved health standards. The survey showed that the senior adult member lived a good lifestyle thus not affected with severe health issues. He was strong emotionally, socially and physically hence was able to carry out moderate activities (Akachi & Kruk, 2017). This is because he has been staying happily most of the time, calm and peaceful life during the past month before the survey.
The interview with my senior family member spelt out that the short-term strategies of improving the quality of life are being optimistic in life which increases creativity, job performance and innovation of an individual. Giving out generously to other people increases the value of a person in other people’s life thus improves the quality of life. Connection with other social beings, for example relatives, family members and adored friends improves unity and cooperation among individuals thus improves quality of life. These short-term strategies help an older individual be able to engage in various social activities and life events.
The 3 long term strategies stated by the individual are loving oneself, surrounding yourself with positive people and creating more freedom. These strategies lead to the success of an individual and prolongs his lifespan. However, older people should always strive to focus on what they love most for their success (Langston et al., 2020). They should have positive expectations in life and they should not be nervous at times.
Successful aging components comprises of decreased rate of diseases and disability, participation in social activities and high cognitive and healthy statuses. Some of the successful aging components of the individual are the stable physical health and cognitive abilities, absence of diseases, pain and risk factors of diseases, staying of a happy and good health. These components increase the life expectancy of elder people, and minimize mental and physical health deterioration. However, the individual, who has good health status is able to work without straining and have peaceful lifestyle. Furthermore, he is not at risk of getting diseases due to a stable healthy and cognitive systems. This ageing theory helps in determination of the social, psychological and physical well-being of an aged person.
Likert scale is a seven-dimensional scale used in analyzing results from a given survey. The results recorded in the survey can be analyzed using the Likert scale as follows. It shows how positive or negative results are in survey and questionnaires. Therefore, this individual has good health status with minimal risk factors of being infected. He is able to work without straining, live a peaceful, happy and calm life, hence showing positive trend of his health status. Nevertheless, the person is limited to carrying out specific activities and attending to social activities, thus having a negative trend on the Likert scale (Ho, 2017). Therefore, from the results obtained from the quality-of-life survey, the positive results strongly agree with the successful ageing theory while negative results disagree with the theory.
Rank Order of Areas of Concern in the Survey
The above table shows the rank of order of the areas of concern from the most important to the less important concern in the survey conducted. It helps an individual in formulating strategies for improving his quality of life.
References
Akachi, Y., & Kruk, M. E. (2017). Quality of care: Measuring a neglected driver of improved health. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 95(6), 465.
Ho, G. W. (2017). Examining perceptions and attitudes: A review of Likert-type scales versus Q-methodology. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 39(5), 674-689.
Langston, K., Ross, L. J., Byrnes, A., & Hay, R. (2020). Secondary‐prevention behavior‐change strategy for high‐risk patients: Benefits for all classes of body mass index. Nutrition & Dietetics, 77(5), 499-507.