ABSTRACT

            The objectives of this research were: 1)  to study the quality of elderly life development according to Bhãvanã IV of Rayong city municipality, , Rayong province,  2) to study the comparison of the opinions to the quality of elderly life development according to Bhãvanã IV of Rayong city municipality, Rayong province 3) to study the problems, obstacles and suggestions as the guideline for the quality of elderly life development according to Bhãvanã IV of Rayong city municipality, Rayong province. It was the mixed research method between the quantitative and qualitative research. For the quantitative research, the sampling group was 377 aging people in in Rayong city municipality, Rayong province by using Taro Yamane formula and the tools to collect the day was the questionnaires. The statistics were used for the data analysis through frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation (S.D), T-test, F-test, One-way Analysis of Variance and Least Significant Difference: LSD, and the qualitative research, the tool to collect the data was the structured in-depth interview from 8 key informants and the data analysis by using the descriptive interpretation analysis technique

The findings of the research as follows:

   1. The quality of elderly life development according to Bhãvanã IV of Rayong city municipality, Rayong Province. It is at the middle level for overall (with an average as X = 2.867, S.D. = 1.051). When considered in each side found that the aging people is also at the middle level as the wisdom or intellectual development(X = 3.19, S.D. = 1.047), the mental or emotional development (X = 2.86, S.D. = 1.007), the moral or precept development (X = 2.83, S.D. = 1.036), the physical or body development (X = 2.57, S.D. = 1.116) respectively.

             2.The findings of comparison of the opinions to the quality of elderly life development according to Bhãvanã IV of Rayong city municipality, Rayong province, classified by personal data such as sex, age, level of education, status, career and income, and found that the people who had the differences of sex,  level of education, career and income, had the opinions to development towards life quality of aging people according to Bhãvanã IV of Rayong city municipality, Rayong province  differently. But the people who had the difference of status, had the development towards life quality of aging people according to Bhãvanã IV of Rayong city municipality, Rayong province indifferently with significance of statistics at 0.05. 

                3. The problems, obstacles and suggestions as the guideline to the quality of elderly life development according to Bhãvanã IV of Rayong city municipality, Rayong province, found that 

  (1) The physical development, there is not activity to promote the exercise and the authorities to look after the aging people closely are not enough to solve the problem of development towards life quality of aging people systematically.

  (2) The moral or precept development, due to Rayong city municipality, Rayong province gives the importance to aging people as not much as possible, the aging people feel lonely because the relationship among the surrounding people including relatives  and friends was not good enough and no regulations  to look after the aging people.

  (3) The mental or emotional development, the aging people are not confident to participate the activity and make the public benefits and some aging people feel lonely and depress for life. They do not have enough money for living and feel insecurity.

  (4) The wisdom or intellectual development, found that the setting  the place for Buddha image worshiping , chanting, precept keeping and meditation practice are not enough and arranging the activity of the local wisdom scholar or local scholar by giving the aging people who have the experiences , skills, knowledge to transfer to the society or knowledge management.

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