THE WAY AND THE RESULT OF DEVELOPING CURRICULUM TO ORIGINATED ELDERLY SCHOOL BOROMARAJONANI COLLEGE OF NURSING IN NAKHON SI THAMMARAT

Abstract

Elderly school of Boromarajonani College of Nursing in Nakhon Si Thammarat was established with concept “life time learning”. The target of this project is making and enhancing a quality of elder people life in Nakhon Si Thammarat. All purposes of the project change their routines and living with family including society better. Elderly school is under socio-cultural contextual of older people in Nakhon Si Thammarat Province from 2013 until today. The project result had been succeeded, it could be developed aging quality of life in community by applied system theory with 3 steps such as Inputs, Process, and Outputs. These things are going to be leading way for administration which is good system based on cooperative of networks. The structure of the system is composed by a part of theory 10 units for 150 hours and practical part 3 units (volunteer activities). For volunteer activity 6 weeks has to learn 2 times per week totally 6 months. This course is performed by 1. Health care of elder people, 2. Living with a good life, 3. The activities for elder people, 4.Mind developing elderly, 5.Independent studying. This school have been opened for six generations and the result is acceptable for participants. This project gives some new knowledge and innovations to the outside such as the physical fitness with 9-squares, water exercise programs, etc. This project can be the prototype for some institutions that ready to establish an Elderly school in national level.