THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE ELDERLY LIFE QUALITY DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATIONS IN PHETCHABUN PROVINCE

Abstract

Objectives of this research article were to study the effectiveness of the elderly life quality development, to study factors affecting the elderly life quality development and to propose a model for the effectiveness of the elderly life quality development of the Local Administrative Organizations in Phetchabun Province by integrating the Buddha-dharma, conducted by the mixed research methods. The quantitative research used questionnaires with a total reliability value of 0.873 to collect data from 392 samples and analyzed data using frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation and stepwise regression analysis. The qualitative research, data were collected by face-to-face in-depth interviewing 19 key informants and from 9 participants in focus group discussion and analyzed by content descriptive interpretation.

Findings were: 1. The effectiveness of the elderly life quality development of the Local Administrative Organizations in Phetchabun Province, by overall, was at high level. 2. Factors affecting the effectiveness of the elderly life quality development were found that administrative factors affected the effectiveness of the elderly life quality development by 45.7 percent, respectively. Bhavana 4 affected the effectiveness of the elderly life quality development of the Local Administrative Organizations in Phetchabun Province by 57.2 percent. 3. Model for the effectiveness of life quality development of the Local Administrative Organizations in Phetchabun Province by integrating Buddha-dhamma was found that the effectiveness of the elderly life quality development had basic factors, the administrative factor integrated with Bhavana 4, namely, Kaya Bhavana, body development, Sila Bhavana, morality development, Citta Bhavana, mental development, and Panna Bhavana, wisdom development.