The Development of an Empowerment Model for the Elderly and Related Persons to Promote Attendance at Health Region 5 Elderly School
Keywords:
Empowerment, Elderly School, ElderlyAbstract
The government promotes the development of elderly schools for improving the quality of life in elderly people. This research and development studied elderly-school conduction, the roles and participation of related persons in promoting the elderly to attend the school, and create a model for enhancing the community, the elderly person’s family, and the elderly to attend the health region 5 school. The research population was composed of the elderly, the school conductors, the community leaders, and the elderly’s family members. Nakhonpathom and Phetchburi provinces were sampled using simple random sampling resulting in 96 representatives for focus group discussion. The data, collected by interviews with the elderly who had finished learning and those who did not attend, their family members, the local administrator, community leaders, and school conductors, were analyzed by content analysis.
The research revealed that the “Not falling-Not forgetting-Not Depressing-Tasty Food” course was driven by the community’s social and cultural capital, the local administration, and community leaders. The empowerment model for elderly and related persons for promoting elder attendance in elderly school was as follows: 1) enhance knowledge for community leaders about learning in the elderly school; 2) create pride in the elderly; 3) thoroughly publicize the school for the elderly in the community; 4) facilitate the elderly to learn; 5) have knowledge of the family and were aware of taking care of the health of the elderly; 6) encourage the elderly to persuade friends to study together; and 7) adjust the learning style to suit the elderly group with barriers to attending school.
The research results could be applied for conducting elderly schools, developing the performance of related persons, and enhancing understanding of the elderly way of life in staying with their family.
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