The Development of the Family Care Team and Network Participation on Service Care Model for Dependent Elderly and Disabled person in Atsamat District, Roi Et Province

Abstract

Purpose : To develop of the Family Care Team and network participation  on  dependent elderly and disabled person service care model in Atsamat District.

Study design : Participatory Action Research : PAR

Materials and Methods : The operation for the dependent elderly and disabled person, the relatives, the local government organization officer, Health officer, Health volunteers, Head of the community ,Caregiver (CG) and Care Manager (CM) and family care team, there are 242 persons. The materials in the study are the In-depth interview, focus group, observation for non-participation, document review, satisfaction assessment form. The study has 3 phase. 1) Study the context and situation for the dependent elderly and disabled person in the community, feedback for develop the Participation on service care model for family care team design with the participation network. 2) Plan to action and develop the system by the family care team and participation network and 3) Evaluation phase. The quality data analyze the content analysis and the quantity data by the descriptive statistic. The study is on October 2021-December 2022.

Main findings : 1) The dependent elderly and disabled person in Atsamat District no have registered for disabled person ID card more than 30 percent, because most of them are the dependent elderly person, poor , leave alone, the medicine assessment, no hospital pathway and loss of the community and network participation. 2) The model of the Family Care Team and Network Participation on dependent elderly and disabled person service care include the family medicine are assessment and improved for disabled person certificate by Group Line and the pathway for elderly and disabled person in hospital, and 3) After the development, the dependent elderly and disabled person had social welfare and health service are increasing.

Conclusion and recommendations : The Participation on Service care Model for Long Term Care  with Dependent Elderly in Atsamat Network is integrated by the local government organization, the community, the public health officer. The lesson learned and the knowledge sharing are important for develop and move the operation. Resulting in participation for LTC in continuous and sustainable in the community.