A DEVELOPMENT OF THE CREATIVE LEARNING CENTER FOR LOCAL HANDICRAFTS IN MAE WANG DISTRICT CHIANG MAI PROVINCE

Abstract

The objectives of this academic investigation encompass: 1) to investigate the elder's quality of life in Ban Mueang Pha community, 2) to upgrade the elder’s quality of life by the network power in Ban Mueang Pha Community, and 3) to empower community networks to improve the elder’s quality of life Ban Mueang Pha . This study employs a qualitative research approach, positioning Ban Mueang Pha, Rim Nuea Sub-district, Mae Rim District, Chiang Mai Province. For data procurement, vital informants were delineated into two particular groups: 1) A set of 20 individuals who took part in one-on-one interviews; and 2) A cluster of 11 participants who were part of focus group discussions. The process of selecting key informants was conducted in a purposive manner. In terms of the research instruments utilized, data was gathered via structured interview forms. Subsequent analysis of the collected data was undertaken using content analysis complemented by descriptive writing to articulate the findings.
The followings were the research results:
1) Have the quality of life of the elderly at home been operated on? Elderly people have environmental and social problems from all 3 issues that cause significant impacts. also point out what is missing.
2) The development of the elderly’s quality of life by the power of networks in Ban Mueang Pha community has shown that the community network group has developed the elderly’s quality in Ban Mueang Pha community by organizing the many knowledge training activities such as the health acare, the physical exercise, and the ethical and moral cultivating activities to mental development, the job creationg activities, the social promoting activities. Those briong about the improvement of the Elderly’s Life quality and the establishment of the elderly school by the power of community networks.
3) The creating the network power for upgrading the elderly’s quality of life was activated by establishing the elderly school through through empowering the integrated networks of religious organizations, the community leaders and the health promoting hospital groups. It, thereby, causes communual network power resulting the elderlies in the community having been developed thier life quality comprehensively.