ACTIVITIES ORGANIZING FOR PROMOTING THE ELDERLY QUALITY OF LIFE PROMOTION OF THE MUNICIPALITIES IN NAKHON SI THAMMARAT PROVINCE ACCORDING TO BUDDHADHAMMA INTEGRATION

Abstract

Objectives of this dissertation were: 1. To study the development of the quality of life of the elderly 2. To study the factors affecting the development of the quality of life of the elderly 3. To present the organization of activities to promote the development of the quality of life of the elderly by integrating Buddhist principles, conducted by the mixed research methods. The quantitative research, data were collected from 397samples. The qualitative research, data were collected by in-depth interviewing 18 key informants and focus group discussions with 10 people.

The research results were found that 1. The overall development of the quality of life of the elderly was at a high level. When considering each aspect, it was found that the quality of life in all 4 aspects was at a high level, namely, physical quality of life with the highest average score, followed by social quality of life, mental quality of life, and environmental quality of life. 2. Factors affecting the development of the quality of life of the elderly was found that organizing activities related to the elderly had an effect on 4 aspects with statistically significant level at 0.01 and 0.05, namely, promoting vocational activities, supporting education and learning for the elderly, promoting health and hygiene, and traditional recreational activities. In terms of the Ti-sikkha principle, it was found that the Ti-sikkha principle had an effect on all 3 aspects with statistically significant level at 0.01 level, ranked according to the following equation: morality, development of quality of life in terms of behavior, meditation, development of quality of life in terms of mind and wisdom, and development of quality of life in terms of knowledge. 3. Organizing activities to promote the development of the quality of life of the elderly by integrating according to Buddhist principles Integrating the Ti-Sikkha principles to develop the quality of life of the elderly included observing the precepts, developing the quality of life in terms of behavior, having concentration, developing the quality of life in terms of the mind, and creating wisdom.