Improving Care for Elderly with Knee Pain at Pak Kut Wai Health Promotion Hospital, Mueng District, Ubon Ratchathani Province

Abstract

This action research was conducted to study and develop health care services in 54 elders with knee joint pain and stiffness in the Pak Kut Wai Health Promotion Hospital . All subjects, their caregivers, village health volunteers, local organizations and the HPH were in-depth interviewed of other related individuals. Results demonstrated that the knee joint pain of elders mostly caused improper used of their joints, overweight and the health promoter did not have a practice guideline to care for this problem. A brainstorming, therefore, practice guideline to provide health services and guidelines for the health volunteer training and community health services for elders was occurred. Thereafter, the workshop was done for training the village health volunteers to go to home visits, health education and joint exercise training for the elders. Evaluation after 1 month indicated that the elders were decreased the levels of knee joint pains and increased knee joint’s ranges of motion. The results noted that it was basic data and can useful to manage health for decreased the levels of knee joint pains and increased knee joint’s ranges of motion.