A Competency Model of Elderly Caregivers for Elderly Care Business in Upper North Region, Area 1
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The objectives of this research were 1) To study the competency of elderly caregivers for the elderly care business according to the needs of the elderly-to-be in the upper northern region, area 1, 2) To study the rational relationship according to the structural equation model of the elderly caregivers’ competency in the upper northern region, area 1, and 3) To develop a model of elderly caregivers’ competency for the elderly care business in the upper northern region, area 1. This study employed the mixed-method research involving exploratory sequential design, which were devided into 2 phrases; phase 1 was through a qualitative research method applied by in-depth interviews with 12 people aged between 50-59 years old in the upper northern region, area 1, whereas phase 2 was though quantitative research using structural equation analysis of AMOS program, collected from questionnaires of 320 elderly caregivers in the upper northern region, area 1. The research findings were 1) The competency of the elderly caregivers according to the needs of the elderly, comprised of the competencies of holistic health care, humanized care, communication and the use of technology, and ethics, 2) The rational relationship based on the structural equation model of the elderly caregivers’ competency for the elderly care business in the upper northern region, area 1 at the statistical agreement as Chi-square=75.088, df=59, CMIN/DF=1.273, P-value=0.077, CFI=0.991, GFI=0.955, NFI=0.960, RMSEA=0.037, SRMR=0.008 with significant statistic at level of .05, and 3) Model of the competency of the elderly caregivers for the elderly care business that the business entrepreneurs can implement for planning, developing and promoting elderly caregivers to meet the needs of the elderly respectively.
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