Effects of Health Care Program for Older Adults in Community on Knowledge, Attitude, and Care Skills of School-aged Children Taking Care of Older Adults
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Caring for older adults, knowledge, attitude, care skill, school-aged childrenAbstract
Fostering positive intergenerational relationships between older adults and school-aged children is necessary for effective elderly care in the community. This study highlights the importance of developing a health care program aimed at enhancing children's knowledge, attitudes, and caregiving skills in supporting older adults. This quasi-experimental research was conducted to test the effects of the health care program for older adults in community programs on the knowledge, attitudes, and care skills of school- aged children taking care of older adults. A sample of 60 forth-sixth grade students of Baan Sang- Kaew primary school, Amphoe Phibun Mangsahan, Ubon Ratchathani province were recruited and randomly assigned to either an experimental or control group. The research instruments consisted of 1) knowledge, attitude and care skills for the elderly scale and 2) the health care program for older adults in a community program. The content validity of the instruments was reviewed by three experts. The reliability of the knowledge, attitudes, and care skills scores were 0.72, 0.71, and 0.77, respectively. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Dependent t-test, and Independent t-test, both paired and independent. The result demonstrated that the mean scores of knowledge and care skills of the experimental group were statistically significant higher than the control groups (p< .05). Obviously, the attitude of the experimental group was no statistically significantly higher than the control group. As a result, entering the health care program for the elderly in the community program among school-aged children taking care of older adults can promote knowledge, attitude and care skills. Therefore, it is recommended that personnel undertake this program to improve knowledge of school-aged children and foster older adults at home.
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