Warakorn Poolswat, Kla Somtrakool and Prarop Kaoses
The Faculty of Cultural Science, Mahasarakham University, Khamriang
Sub-District, Kantarawichai District, Maha Sarakham Province 44150,
Thailand
wpoonsawat214@gmail.com
Date Received: August 1, 2015; Date Revised: September 23, 2015
Asia Pacific Journal of Multidisciplinary Research
Vol. 3 No. 4, 41-45
November 2015 Part I
P-ISSN 2350-7756
E-ISSN 2350-8442
Nursing homes: Development of elderly care management according to Buddhist principles 521 KB 1 downloads
Warakorn Poolswat, Kla Somtrakool and Prarop Kaoses The Faculty of Cultural Science,...
This research aims to study the historical background and current situation of care management in nursing homes for the elderly in Western Thailand and develop care management according to Buddhist principles. This qualitative research analyzes three nursing homes using interview, observation, focus group discussion and workshop as data collection tools. The researchers used a snowball sampling method to identify 109 respondents, made up of 35 key informants, 34 casual informants and 40 general informants. The researchers verified data with a triangulation method and analyzed information descriptively. Results found that the most eminent problems in care management of elderly nursing homes are the image of experts, environment and activity management. Nursing homes do not respond to spiritual requests because of a lack of social and spiritual development. It is necessary to find a new way to emphasize responsibility and respond to spiritual requests by Buddhist means. In this paper, the researchers propose a set of guidelines for the care management of nursing homes in Western Thailand.
Keywords – Buddhism, care, elderly people, nursing home.