Lifestyles of Older Persons Requiring Health Services: Ethnography of Mutual Help for Long Term Care

Lifestyles of Older Persons Requiring Health Services: Ethnography of Mutual Help for Long Term Care

The shift of age structure toward an “aging society” has become apparent, thus requiring related agencies to provide more essential healthcare services, welfare, occupation and income as well as additional assistance. Once lifestyles of elderly persons requiring healthcare services also change, the services available are subjected to alter accordingly. The objective of this study was to analyze lifestyle scenarios of elderly persons requiring healthcare services under their own community, social, cultural contexts. The study was conducted in a sub district in Northern region, Thailand from December 2017 to 2018. This study was based on the critical ethnographic approach. The informants comprised elderly persons or their caregivers and relevant agencies 54 persons in total. Data were collected by participatory observation, in-depth interview, and group discussion. The collected data were reiterated by triangulation. We underwent content analysis, typological analysis and time line analysis. The findings revealed 15 lifestyle scenarios requiring healthcare services were found, which could be developed into three respects: in-home service, assistance and the use of services. The findings of the present study have led to the design of healthcare service for the elderly persons should cover three attributes: in-home services, assistance and the use of the service. The current findings may be used to design health services in policy-making level, authorities and community.

Chairat, Pannipa; Nunthaboot, Khanittha

2019

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https://zenodo.org/record/3342101