Situational Analysis of Features and Fixtures of Elderly House in Hisar City

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Rupal Hooda1, Sachin Chawla2, and Sudesh Gandhi3 (Department of Family Resource Management, COHS, CCS HAU, Hisar, Haryana1,3, School of Health Sciences, OSGU, Hisar, Haryana2)

Ageing adversely affects the fine motor skills and activities associated with writing, sewing, and typing etc. For older people it is more challenging to grasp, push or pull anything. A study was conducted on the elderly people of Hisar city to access the socio-economical status, features and fixtures of elderly houses. From different localities of the city, 100 elderly respondents were selected each from living without families. More than half of the elderly’s house (58.0%) had simple wooden doors and also, it was reported that D-handle (60.0%) with simple door lock (68.0%) were used in maximum of the elderly’s house.