The Model of Age-Friendly City in Ban Du Subdistrict, Muang District, Chiang Rai Province

Abstract

          The research objective were to study the preparation for entering the elderly society of the community. Environment and the ability of the community to provide an elderly friendly urban environment. And create the model of age-friendly city in the area of Ban Du Subdistrict Muang District, Chiang Rai Province for the target group is local leaders. Relevant government officials and representatives of the elderly which the researcher used to collect the data, namely interview group chats, observations, meetings and questionnaires. By analyzing data, using content analysis and the statistics used to analyze the data are percentage, mean and standard deviation.

          The results of the study showed that prepare to support the aging society in social, economic, health and education areas. The community and the local government have continued to operate in the form of activities and the establishment of groups or funds to assist and care for the elderly. For the community environment in organizing the environment to the overall medium. And the ability of the community to organize the environment for Overall, As for the elderly-friendly city style, it was found that the model had eight components according to the WHO conceptual framework with adaptations to be appropriate and consistent with the community context. The community and local government organizations are the driving force in building friendly cities for the quality of life of the elderly to have a peaceful and happy life in the community.