A study to identify the contributing factors for living in selected geriatric home by elderly at Tirupati

A study to identify the contributing factors for living in selected geriatric homes by elderly at Tirupati. OBJECTIVES: To identify the contributing factors for living in Geriatric home by elderly. To find the association between contributing factors for living in Geriatric home by elderly with their selected socio demographic variables. METHODOLOGY: By using Non probability-Convenient Sampling Technique, Non experimental-Descriptive Research Design was adopted, 100 school teachers were taken for the study and data was collected by using a self structured questionnaire and analysed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. RESULT: Pertaining to the level of contributing factors of elderly regarding selected geriatric homes. Out of 100 elderly majority 64 (64%) were female followed by 36 (36%) were males. Out of 100 samples, 23 (23%) were strongly disagreed, 37 (37%) were disagreed, 18 (18%) were neutral, 19 (19%) were agreed and only 3 (3%) were strongly agreed. CONCLUSION: In this study, contributing factors for living in geriatric homes by elderly, 50 (50%) were disagreed, 23 (23%) were strongly disagreed, 17 (17%) were agreed, 7 (7%) were strongly disagreed and 3 (3%) were neutral. The obtained mean value for contributing factors was 2.46 and standard deviation was 0.79.