Life Satisfaction of Adults in Retirement Age

Background: Life satisfaction is an outlook toward one’s own life; it may be a reflection of feelings about the past, present and future. It is an overall assessment of feelings and attitudes about one’s life at particular point in time ranging from negative to positive. Life satisfaction of older adults greatly depends on the condition of their health, emotion and sexuality along with their previous occupation and although age related changes are inevitable, most problems affecting older adults are influenced by many internal and external risk factors Objectives: The study aimed to assess the level of life satisfaction of adults in retirement age. It specifically identified the profile of the respondents such as gender, civil status, religion, economic status, and their life satisfaction in terms of occupation, health, emotion and sexuality and at the same time as, the relationship between the respondent’s profile and their level of satisfaction was determined. Also, the study proposed a plan of action for adults in retirement age to improve their quality of life, develop a better understanding with regards to the physical, physiologic, emotional, and personal changes they have been going through and enhance their self-esteem and self-worth. Method: The study used descriptive research which focused on the present condition. The subjects of the study were older adults from selected barangays of Batangas province. The study employed the use of purposive or judgemental sampling. The researchers adapted a tool called Utian Quality Life Scale (UQOL) which was developed with a series of objectives to capture influences on sense of well-being from a variety of domains that would be empirically determined.