Search for: [Abstract = "ondents living in the family home in each range of activities was significantly higher in the group of people aged 65\-74 than in other groups \(p<0.05\). In the group of people living in the family home, the higher the education the respondents had the higher the fitness they showed \(p˂0.05\). In the study group of people living in a nursing home, no such relationship was shown. In the group of people living in the family home, education had no effect on the functional capacity of the respondents. In the analyzed group no correlation was found between the number of diseases in the nursing home residents and their level of functional ability \(p>0.05\). In the subjects living in the family home, the number of co morbidities was found to correlate significantly \(p˂0.05\) and positively \(r˃0\) with GARS, ADL \(Activities of Daily Living\) and IADL \(Instrumental Activities of Daily Living\). Gender had no effect on the functional ability of the subjects \(p>0.05\). CONCLUSIONS The elderly living in the family home are more independent in performing simple and complex activities of daily living compared to residents of nursing homes. They present higher self\-assessment of health, higher level of life satisfaction, lower scores in geriatric depression rating scale, lower level of loneliness, higher level of received social support in everyday life, in difficult situations and higher self\-ass"]

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