Psychological Wellbeing among Elderly Women Living in Institutionalized Home and non-Institutionalized Home

This study explored the levels of psychological wellbeing in elderly women living in old age home and in families. The data was collected from 200 educated female elderlies, which consisted of equal numbers of elderly females of households and in institutionalised old age homes for elderlies in Lucknow and adjacent districts. Sample was selected in a nonrandom sampling procedure. The variable of the study was measured through Wellbeing Scale developed and standardized by Mishra., Vashishtha. and Mishra. (2014). The level of psychological wellbeing indicates that 19.64%of elderly females have high psychological wellbeing living in household rather than only 9.44% of elderly females have high psychological wellbeing living in old age home. 21.48% females have low psychological wellbeing living in household in contrast to 69.44% having low psychological wellbeing living in institutionalized place. The result suggests that high percentage of females’ elderly living in old age homes have poor psychological wellbeing.