The Implementation of the Community care Model for the Elderly group in Nonsila sub-district Sahatsakhan District Kalasin Province

Abstract

Elderly care in rural areas is different from other conditions and social context. This action research aimed to study the elderly model in the community of  Non Sila sub-district, Sahatsakhan district, Kalasin province.  The 41 participants who related with the elderly care model in the community were seledted with simple random sampling technique. It was conduted time between February and June 2015. Regarding  quantitative data was using created questionaire to collect and applied in-depth interviews and observation for qualitative data. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics such as frequency,percentage, average, and standard deviation, and  Including inferential statistics by paired t-test.

The result was found that development process of the community care of the elderly comprised in 6 phases: 1) To analyze the context and the problems 2) workshops and planning with participatory 3) Formulate an action plan 4 ) Implement of program / project 5) Monitor and evaluate to support 6) organizing seminars and lessons learned. The statistic results showed that the level of knowledge about long-term care for the elderly in the community and level of participation in the elderly care networks were increased with statistically significant (p-value <0.05).  This model was contributed to an evaluation level of the elderly care in the community was passed in the standard of long-term care for the elderly of Department of Health, Ministry of Public Health.

In summary, the key success factors in the implementation of this model were comprised 1) strategy to enhancing stake-holder involvement 2) capacity building system for the community volunteers for the elderly care and 3) activities for friendly care taker in each other  in the community. These factors were influened to community care methods for achieving the goals in the end.