effect of social and cultural capital on older adults quality of life in care center: Kahrizak institution

Abstract

In this article, we are looking for the effect of each type of social capital (including social participation, membership in social relations networks and trust) and types of cultural capital (including objectified, embodied and institutionalized) on the quality of life.The method of conducting the current research was a survey, one-stage cluster sampling was chosen, the cluster was considered to be the equivalent of a room, and 34 rooms were randomly selected, and finally 204 people were selected as the sample size. The data were analyzed in the SPSS environment. The research findings show that all three main variables, i.e. social capital, cultural capital and quality of life, do not have a favorable status among the respondents. However, the social capital capacity of the studied elderly (with a total score of 63.29 out of 120 points) was much higher than their cultural capital score (11.90 out of 81 points). Also, the total score of the elderly for the quality of life was 64.05 and the maximum score considered for this variable was 105, while the findings show that there is a correlation between all dimensions of social capital and cultural capital with quality of life.the variable of social participation and then the variable of the network of social relations as one of the dimensions of social capital had the greatest effect on the quality of life of the elderly. Based on the findings and results, suggestions have been proposed to improve the quality of life of the elderly.

Keywords

• older adults. kahrizak
• social capital
• cultural capital
• quality of life