dc.contributor.author |
Thanushan, K. K. R. |
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dc.contributor.author |
Abeyrathne |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2019-06-27T04:45:55Z |
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dc.date.available |
2019-06-27T04:45:55Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2018 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
8th International Symposium 2018 on “Innovative Multidisciplinary Research for Green Development”. 17th - 18th December, 2018. South Eastern University of Sri Lanka, University Park, Oluvil, Sri Lanka. pp. 569-589. |
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dc.identifier.isbn |
978-955-627-141-6 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://ir.lib.seu.ac.lk/handle/123456789/3585 |
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dc.description.abstract |
Man has been winning the natural environment due to the industrial and
technological development. As development of a medical and health facilities, the life
expectancy of the human has been increasing. It is the result of increasing amount of
elders all over the world. Lot of elders is sent to the elder’s home. Kaithady state home
of elders is selected as the suitable place for research. There are eight men and eight
women selected randomly for this research purpose. The most of the data are
qualitative and quantitative data also were used. The primary data were collected by
the “In-Depth Interview” the secondary data were collected in the office of “State Home
of Elders”. In order to analyze the collected data, the “Thematic Analysis” was used
mainly. In addition, the “Human Narrative Analysis” and “Simple Descriptive Statistical
Analysis” were used to bring the results to high level. The civil war in Sri Lanka was the
main reason for them to come to the elder’s home. Spent their life without marriage,
lack of siblings, breaking of contact with their brothers and sisters, breaking of contact
by love marriage, remarriage of couples, poor level of education and lack of own
property or land are the some of the important factors that induced find to elders’ home.
88% of samples do not have their own land or property and they are unable to live
individually. Some time, more than two factors induce together on them to come to
elders home. Last description, breaking of family bond can also be a reason. Medical
and physical facilities are satisfactory found in elders home. Many elders in the elders’
home are affected by mentally disorder persons. There is verbal war among the elderly
people. Finally, the causes for coming to elders home must be minimized and the
issues relating to elders should be reduced. It is the duty of every person make elders’
life happily because the living resource of our country. |
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dc.language.iso |
en_US |
en_US |
dc.publisher |
South Eastern University of Sri Lanka, University Park, Oluvil, Sri Lanka. |
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dc.subject |
Elder’s home |
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dc.subject |
Family bond |
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dc.subject |
Thematic analysis |
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dc.subject |
Civil war |
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dc.subject |
Verbal war |
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dc.title |
A sociological study on state home of elders at Kaithady in Jaffna, Sri Lanka |
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dc.type |
Article |
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