การได้รับการดูแลของผู้สูงอายุชมรมผู้สูงอายุ โรงพยาบาลนครปฐม

บทคัดย่อ

The study of care giving to senior citizens ; their views and differences were classified with socioeconomic of their club in Nakhonpathom Hospital. The data were collected from January to July 2007.

1. The care of these senior citizens, for the most part, had been done by their children living in the same houses or by their spouses. Those seniors who lived alone were cared for by relatives, neighbors and hired help ; all of which were cared for in four different ways such as their daily living, during illness, psychosocial and economy.

1. The views of these senior citizens towards their care givers, for the most part, felt it was proper to receive their care because most children and grandchildren gave them the honor, pleasure and compensationl for the good deeds towards their children in the past. In doing so, these senior citizens felt the warmth and worth. They never thought they were a burden.

1. The senior citizens, who had differences in family structure and income, and types of caregivers, were taken care differently at the significance level 0.05. Those families who had a higher income, on an average showed a higher rate in connection with respecting the elderly and compensation for the good deeds they received from their elders, in comparison to those families who had a lower income.

1. Senior citizens, who had different income, had different opinions on being care at the significance level 0.05. Other aspects had no differences. For the same families with higher earnings, they showed that their elders received a better care than families of lower earning, Those families who had medium earnings showed a better economic care than families with higher earnings. Other aspects showed no difference.