Hlavným cieľom našej práce je zistiť kvalitu života ľudí žijúcich v zariadeniach sociálnych služieb. Prieskum sa vykonával v NO Humanus v Hlohovci. Práca má tri kapitoly a k nim prislúchajúce podkapitoly.V úvode sa venujeme vymedzeniu základných teoretických pojmov, ďalej upriamujeme pozornosť na rodinu, voľný čas, vzdelávanie, menujeme najčastejšie choroby a ako im predchádzať.The main goal of our work is to investigate the quality of people living in the appartments of social service. The appartment we chose to investigate the quality of living is the non-profit association Humanus, Hlohovec. This work is devided into three chapters and subheads belonging to them. At the beginning of the work we are talking about the main theoretical notions, we also concentrate on family, free time and also education of seniors. We name the most common diseases occuring in old age and also the ways how to prevent. At the end of the work we specify more closely Law of social offices 448/2008. The empirical part is part of theoretical part, so they form one unit.