Effectiveness of the Elderly Caregiving Volunteer in Family Training Project, Prachomklao College of Nursing, Phetchaburi Province

Abstract

This descriptive study was to examine the effectiveness of the elderly caregiving volunteers in family training project, Prachomklao college of nursing, Phetchaburi province by using the CIPP model. Data were collected from twenty elderly caregiving volunteers who participated in the training project. Content validity and reliability of the knowledge and skill for elderly care was tested with KR-20 as .68. The overall Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was .85 in the opinion of the elderly caregiving volunteers in family training project questionnaire. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Differences between before and after receiving the training project were analyzed using Wilcoxon Sign Rank Test. The results revealed that;

1. The elderly caregiving volunteer in family training project of Prachomklao college of nursing, Phetchaburi province evaluated the context at the highest mean score (M = 4.45, SD = .65), input (M = 4.31, SD =.69) and process (M = 4.29, SD = .67) respectively.


2. About the product, a significant difference was found in the knowledge and skill in caring for the elderly among caregiving volunteers after training the program (Z = -4.635, 4.357; p < .01).

           These results highlighted information for managing a training project covering the context, inputs, processes, and outputs for effective and sustainable operations.