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- Life satisfaction and health related quality of life among older people (65+) in GhanaPublication . Owusu, Daniel Kwaku; Ferreira, Lara NEffective aging can be seen in the need for fulfillment, satisfaction with life, mental health, body emotions, happiness, and the way things are going in life. Still, there isn't a lot of research on the quality of life (QoL) of older people in Ghana's rural areas. Older people live in rural areas and urban slums in some developing nations where pension programs do not exist (Aikins and Koram, 2017; Kpessa-Whyte, 2018). The study sought to study the satisfaction with life and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of people aged 65 and over in Ghana and explore how it affects their life satisfaction. The study used a predominantly quantitative methodology to reach out to as many people as possible. 578 respondents were chosen using the snowball sampling approach and the purposive sampling technique. Questionnaires were used to gather the relevant information from the respondents. The questionnaire was divided into four sections: satisfaction with life scale (SWLS), personal wellbeing, HRQoL, and sociodemographic profile. Descriptive statistical analyses (i.e., mean, standard deviation [SD], frequencies, and proportions [%]) were carried out to describe the sample and the respondents' satisfaction with life and wellbeing. Parametric tests using correlation and SEM were conducted to analyze the sample. The study found that older people in rural areas of Ghana have higher life satisfaction due to their own ideals, having an excellent life and not making changes. However, they are not satisfied with their lives and the number of things they have achieved in life. In terms of HRQoL, older people are more concerned about self-care, mobility, and their usual activities but less about their pain, discomfort, and anxiety or depression. HRQoL leads to life satisfaction. The study suggests that there should be a public policy on older people, as monitoring HRQoL and life satisfaction is critical to the development of sound public policy. The government should initiate a social intervention scheme to provide older people in rural areas with an apartment or building with a lot of elderly people to help them not feel lonely.