Research and Development of Elders Potential Development Centers in Buddhist place for Increasing the Elderly Self Care Potentiality

Abstract

The objectives of this research were; to analyze the readiness and the lack of a physical and management of Buddhist places, to determine the condition of the basic necessity for the developing center of the elderly in both of a physical and management, to present the guidelines for management of the elderly potential development centers located in Buddhist places to enhance the elderly's ability to take care of themselves. This research is the mixed methods research using questionnaires, interviews, observation and the data collection was collected from specific samples of the abbots, deputy abbots or assistant abbots from a group of total 396 in 8 provinces such as Samut Songkhram Province, Samut Prakarn Province, Khon Kaen Province, Chaiyaphum Province, Chiang Mai Province, Chiang Rai Province, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province and Surat Thani Province, to survey information about monks' attitudes about the roles of temples in supporting the aging society.

          The finding of this research found that most of the monasteries were physically readiness amount 65.2 percentage and 34.8 percentage and the factors effecting the readiness of the monastery to support the elderly society in overall 5 aspects as follows; 1. The potential of the abbots 2. The qualification of monks in the monastery. 3. The monk’s knowledge in the monastery 4. The community located surrounding the monastery 5. The relationship of government agencies or private organizations was at a high level. The guidelines for managing the elderly potential development center located in Buddhist places to enhance the elderly's ability to take care of themselves found that the elderly potential development center located in the Buddhist places to enhance the elderly's ability for taking care of themselves must be included (1) location factors (2) financial factors (3) administrative factors (4) activity factors (5) architectural factors (6) developing plan factors and (7) policy factors.