Meaning reconstruction of elderly happiness in nursing home: A case study in Indonesia

Nurman Achmad; Husni Thamrin; Muhammad Ikhwanul Ihsan

doi:10.31893/multiscience.2025474

Keywords:

elderly

happiness

nursing homes

Abstract

The elderly have become one of the crucial issues faced by many countries in the world today. The composition of the elderly population is overgrowing in both developed and developing countries. This also happens in Indonesia. This phenomenon is growing faster than that of other age groups. The increase in the number of elderly requires attention so that they not only live longer but can enjoy their old age happily and improve the quality of their life. The elderly now prefers to live in nursing homes (NH). An ongoing change puts the elderly at the option of living in a nursing home. This study attempts to investigate factors causing the elderly to live in NH, how the elderly's life satisfaction is, and how the elderly view happiness. This study employed a qualitative approach. In collecting the data, observation and in-depth interviews were used to dig up information and focus group discussions with several informants consisting of the elderly and elderly officers with a total of 15-20 people. From the results of the study, it was found that the reason of elderly live in NH includes nonexisting communities that can provide housing and livelihood assistance, the difficulty of the relationship between old age and family in place during his stay, and the financial or economic inability of the family to guarantee a decent livelihood. Then, it was also found that the elderly view happiness as the presence of leisure activities. True present-day happiness can be achieved by achieving as many activities as possible that are more gratified than pleasure.
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Achmad, N., Thamrin, H., & Ihsan, M. I. (2025). Meaning reconstruction of elderly happiness in nursing home: A case study in Indonesia. Multidisciplinary Science Journal, 7(10), 2025474. https://doi.org/10.31893/multiscience.2025474

[1] Achmad, N. (2017). Factors affecting the elderly living in nursing home. Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research (ASSEHR).

[2] Adrianingsih, M., Nur, & Septianingsih, D. (2013). Successful aging (Studi tentang lanjut usia yang anak dan keluarganya tinggal bersama). J. Psycho Idea, 11(1).

[3] Anila, M. M., & Dhanalakshmi, D. D. (2014). Hope, happiness, general health and well-being among the elderly. Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing, 5, 448–451.

[4] Bishop, A. J., Martin, P., MacDonald, M., & Poon, L. (2010). Predicting happiness among centenarians. Gerontology, 56(1), 88–92. https://doi.org/10.1159/000272017

[5] Creswell, J. W. (2009). Research design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches. Sage Publications.

[6] Effendi, F. (2009). Keperawatan kesehatan komunitas: Teori dan praktek dalam keperawatan (Edisi 6). Salemba Medika.

[7] Fitriani, E. (2016). Elderly in family and society. https://erdafitriani.wordpress.com/

[8] Gunarsa, S. (2004). Psychology bonds progress: From child to old age. PT Gramedia.

[9] Karyo, S. (2018). Happiness in elderly living in nursing home: A single case study.

[10] Lima, M. G., Barros, M. B., & Alves, M. C. (2012). Happiness in the elderly: An epidemiological approach in the ISA-Camp 2008 study. Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 28(12), 2280–2292.

[11] Moeini, B., Barati, M., Farhadian, M., Babamiri, M., & Ara, M. H. (2016). Happiness and its related factors among the elderly in Hamadan (Iran): A cross-sectional study.

[12] Neugarten, B., Havighurst, R., & Tobin, S. (1996). The meanings of age. University of Chicago Press.

[13] Pali, C. (2016). Gambaran kebahagiaan pada lansia yang memilih tinggal di Panti Werdha.

[14] Papalia, D., Olds, S., & Feldman, R. (2009). Human development and aging (10ª ed.). McGraw-Hill.

[15] Prasetyaningsih, R., Indarto, D., & Akhyar, M. (2016). Association of determinant factors on bio-psychosocial with quality of life in elderly. J. Epidemiol. Public Health, 1(2), 108–117.

[16] Purnama. (2009). Life satisfaction and social support of the elderly. B2P3KS Press.

[17] Roizen, M. F., & Mehmet, C. (2005). Being beautiful: Healthy and beautiful outside. Interpretado por Rani Sundari Ekawati. Main Media Mizan.

[18] Sarafino, E. (2002). Health psychology biopsychological interaction. John Wiley & Sons.

[19] Seligman, M. (2002). Authentic happiness: Using the new positive psychology to realize your potential for lasting fulfillment. Simon and Schuster.

[20] Sirgy, J. (2002). How neighborhood features affect quality of life. Social Indicators Research, 59(1), 79–114.

[21] Suardana, I., Saraswati, N., & Wiratni, M. (2014). Hubungan dukungan keluarga dan kualitas hidup lansia hipertensi. Jurnal Keperawatan Politeknik Kesehatan Denpasar, 1–9.

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