Model Development Long Term Care for Elderly of Phetchaburi Province Community

Abstract

Model development long term care for elderly as an integrative research design. Include of the quanti tative research, participatory workshops and meetings. The purpose are to develop long-term care for the elderly in community. The sample was 273 people in one tambon of Phetchaburi Province, using a systematic random sampling and proportion of the elderly population. The research conducted in Oc tober 2010 to September 2011. The research instruments included data from a survey by interviewing, summary of workshops and meetings were analyzed by percentage, mean, standard deviation, One-way ANOVA and t-test. 

Research finding that 1)most of the elderly were female, living with spouses and children/ grandchildren, self-reliant and helping others (60.8, 38.5 and 96.3 percent); 2)compared the differences between the health status are as follows:- health and the environment, feelings of aging, social, cultural and political life, social welfare services, needs of the elderly, health services management and demand for security in their lives showed after an average score higher than before implementation (p <0.05); 3) health project of the elderly are as follows:- health, family, social, economy, welfare and the environment. 

Recommendations:- Should to transmission of culture and tradition, cultivating gratitude to the patron, improve the environment within home, and facilities for the elderly to join the activitie