The Development of Environmental Care Model for the Home Bound Elderly by a Family, Ubon Ratchathani Province

The action research aimed to study the model for the environmental care of the home-bound elderly of Narueang community in Nayia district, UbonRatchathani province in January 2018. The target groups were 69 elderly people, 2 sub-district administrators, 2 officials tasked to deal with the elderly, 9...

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Main Author: Weerapan Suesat
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Language:Thai
Published: Mahasarakham University 2019-08-01
Series:Warasan Witthayasat Lae Theknoloyi Mahawitthayalai Mahasarakham
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Online Access:http://journal.msu.ac.th/upload/articles/article2512_76453.pdf
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description The action research aimed to study the model for the environmental care of the home-bound elderly of Narueang community in Nayia district, UbonRatchathani province in January 2018. The target groups were 69 elderly people, 2 sub-district administrators, 2 officials tasked to deal with the elderly, 9 village public health volunteers, 9 individuals taking care of the elderly, and 9 village committee members. They were derived by the specific sampling. The research instruments were a questionnaire and an interview. The statistic used to analyze data were percentage, mean, standard deviation, and content analysis. The study found that the communal context under study was a countryside and an agricultural society. There was an environmental condition of the room floor (Mean= 3.84 S.D.= 0.21) and the environment of the bedroom (Mean= 3.76, S.D.= 0.60) in the high level . Followed by the environment of the bathroom (Mean= 3.34, S.D.= 0.53) and the environmental conditions of the stairs (Mean= 3.06, S.D.= 0.77) in the medium level. It was found that the families of the elderly under study lacked clarity and knowledge as to how to take care of the environment within the family. An aggressive method was applied to the way to take care of the environment with participation from all parties concerned. The caring mechanism was consistently improved to make the environment more suitable for the elderly. With a positive system in use, fatal accidents on the part of the elderly could be substantially reduced. Furthermore, the new approach was different from the traditional one which was focused only on long term care. The model of the environment for the elderly consisted of what was called SOMETS Model : 1) principles and policies, 2) objectives, 3) tactics in taking care of environments, 4) implementation by the families, 5) model application and 6) success conditions. All of these elements are guidelines for developing an appropriate model for environmental care of the Home Bound Elderly by a Family.
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spelling doaj.art-3debbaf01fe847fcabdfb27e1bb155312022-12-21T21:48:21ZthaMahasarakham UniversityWarasan Witthayasat Lae Theknoloyi Mahawitthayalai Mahasarakham1686-96642019-08-01384462469The Development of Environmental Care Model for the Home Bound Elderly by a Family, Ubon Ratchathani ProvinceWeerapan Suesat0PhD student,Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Ubon Ratchathani Rajabhat UniversityThe action research aimed to study the model for the environmental care of the home-bound elderly of Narueang community in Nayia district, UbonRatchathani province in January 2018. The target groups were 69 elderly people, 2 sub-district administrators, 2 officials tasked to deal with the elderly, 9 village public health volunteers, 9 individuals taking care of the elderly, and 9 village committee members. They were derived by the specific sampling. The research instruments were a questionnaire and an interview. The statistic used to analyze data were percentage, mean, standard deviation, and content analysis. The study found that the communal context under study was a countryside and an agricultural society. There was an environmental condition of the room floor (Mean= 3.84 S.D.= 0.21) and the environment of the bedroom (Mean= 3.76, S.D.= 0.60) in the high level . Followed by the environment of the bathroom (Mean= 3.34, S.D.= 0.53) and the environmental conditions of the stairs (Mean= 3.06, S.D.= 0.77) in the medium level. It was found that the families of the elderly under study lacked clarity and knowledge as to how to take care of the environment within the family. An aggressive method was applied to the way to take care of the environment with participation from all parties concerned. The caring mechanism was consistently improved to make the environment more suitable for the elderly. With a positive system in use, fatal accidents on the part of the elderly could be substantially reduced. Furthermore, the new approach was different from the traditional one which was focused only on long term care. The model of the environment for the elderly consisted of what was called SOMETS Model : 1) principles and policies, 2) objectives, 3) tactics in taking care of environments, 4) implementation by the families, 5) model application and 6) success conditions. All of these elements are guidelines for developing an appropriate model for environmental care of the Home Bound Elderly by a Family.http://journal.msu.ac.th/upload/articles/article2512_76453.pdfenvironmental carehome-bound elderlyby families.
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The Development of Environmental Care Model for the Home Bound Elderly by a Family, Ubon Ratchathani Province
Warasan Witthayasat Lae Theknoloyi Mahawitthayalai Mahasarakham
environmental care
home-bound elderly
by families.
title The Development of Environmental Care Model for the Home Bound Elderly by a Family, Ubon Ratchathani Province
title_full The Development of Environmental Care Model for the Home Bound Elderly by a Family, Ubon Ratchathani Province
title_fullStr The Development of Environmental Care Model for the Home Bound Elderly by a Family, Ubon Ratchathani Province
title_full_unstemmed The Development of Environmental Care Model for the Home Bound Elderly by a Family, Ubon Ratchathani Province
title_short The Development of Environmental Care Model for the Home Bound Elderly by a Family, Ubon Ratchathani Province
title_sort development of environmental care model for the home bound elderly by a family ubon ratchathani province
topic environmental care
home-bound elderly
by families.
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