APPLYING SAPPURISDHAMMA PRINCIPLES IN POLICY MAKING FOR THE ELDERLY

Abstract

The Social transformations of an aging society affect the economy, and society, including the daily life, environment, livelihood, income, and occupation of the population. The government sector must consider the quality of life as a priority. They must prepare a qualified senior citizen countermeasure to solve various problems, whether it is the formulation of policies or action plans related to the social protection system for the elderly, development of welfare system, health insurance, public health service system as well as promoting the work and earning of the elderly as well as applying Buddhist principles to drive policies to support the aging society, resulting in integration by applying Sappurisa-dhamma principle to combine with guidelines to enable individuals or agencies to operate in a rational and regulatory manner. The resulting benefits affect the quality of life of the elderly physically, mentally, economically, socially, and in other ways which result in the elderly can take care of themselves appropriately, having good health as well as reducing the problems of the elderly by themselves.