Warasan Witthayasat Lae Theknoloyi Mahawitthayalai Mahasarakham (Aug 2019)
The Development of Environmental Care Model for the Home Bound Elderly by a Family, Ubon Ratchathani Province
Abstract
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.
