Improving the Quality of Life of the Elderly by the Elderly School of Khun Fang Sub-district ,Mueang District, Uttaradit Province.

Abstract

The objectives of research were to examine the context of the elderly at Khun Fang Sub-district Elderly School in order to organize activities to improve the quality of life of the elderly using the school for the elderly of Khun Fang Sub-district, and to evaluate the effectiveness of enhancement of the quality of life of the elderly using the school for the elderly at Khun Fang Sub-district in Mueang District of Uttaradit Province. The research applied participatory action research (PAR) methodology which consisted of collecting data by using questionnaires, group discussion, and organizing activities and evaluating their effectiveness

 The research results indicated that, firstly, the overall quality of life of the elderly after the implementation of this study in all 4 areas were found to be at a high level (  = 3.77, S.D=0.52). Secondly, the overall opinions on the enhancement of the quality of life of the elderly using the school for the elderly at Khun Fang Subdistrict in Mueang District of Uttaradit Province, after the implementation of this study, was at the highest level (  = 4.70, S.D. = 0.43) .