THE IMPACT OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS ON THE PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING OF THE ELDERLY IN ABEOKUTA, OGUN STATE

Every elderly person needs access to quality specialized health care (i.e. relating to their individual health needs), affordable and comfortable shelter, healthy nutrition, social security, family support and a sense of belonging to the society to help them maintain proper well-being.The psychological well being of the elderly is very important to ensure that they live with a good state of mind as long as they are still alive. A purposive sampling technique was used to select all elderly found in their clinics and pensions office. A questionnaire with a reliability coefficient of 0.87 looking at some variables such as(income earned, relationship with children, marital status, health conditions, social relationships and education) was used. Descriptive statistics of frequencies and percentages was used in analysing the data. It is recommended that Government should put in place special healthcare provisions for the elderly seeing that good health conditions make a positive impact on the psychological well-being of the elderly.