Quality of Life Development of the Elderly in Thailand

Abstract

As the Qualitative Research, the Study on The quality of life development of the elderly in Thailand aims to  1) study elder welfare policies of a public sector affecting quality of life development of the elderly in Thailand; 2) study factors of elder welfare policies affecting quality of life development of the elderly in Thailand ; and 3) study problems, obstacles and recommendations benefiting to improvement of quality of life development of the elderly in Thailand. The study frameworks comprised elder welfare policies of Thailand with 5 sub-factors i.e. health policy, educational policy, income security policy, social and cultural policy and social welfare policy; and elder welfare management in Thailand comprised 6 sub-factors i.e. health and treatment, economic security, housing, recreation, social security and care service and network; and intervening variables which were management problems and obstacles i.e. law, policy, officer, new culture and resistance. The data  on the elderly and people of all seven organizations of 5 to 35 people, and the data of 7 people, including a total of 42 people.

            From the research results, it was found that influence of elder welfare policies affecting quality of life development of the elderly in Thailand comprised 4 items as the following: 1) systematic establishment of elder care organizations, 2) elderly club support in strong communities, 3) building of integrated network of operation, resource usage and data among related organizations; and 4) development of local personnel  in terms of eldercare knowledge and understanding to ensure efficient operation, and to provide knowledge on legal rights and benefits.