The Elderly Quality of Life Development Activities On Base Bhavana 4 in Bangkok

Abstract

The main purposes of this study were; 1) to study the patterns of activities to improve the quality of life of the elderly under the principles of Bhavana 4, 2) to develop the life management behavior of the elderly with the principle of Bhavana 4, and 3) to propose a model of participation in organizing activities to improve the Quality of elderly’s life through the principles of Bhavana 4 in Bangkok. The study was carried out by collecting data from questionnaires. The sample used in the study consisted of 278 subjects of elderly people in the Bangkok City and were analyzed by Statistics utilized for processing data embraced frequencies, percentages, means and standard deviations. The results showed that the elderly were satisfied with the pattern of activities to strengthen the mental and physical capacities of the elderly through the principles of Bhavana 4 in Bangkok in overall, at the high level with the mean (x̄= 4.10, S.D. = 0.50). When sorting in descending average, consisting of the mental development aspect (Mental or thinking development, mind training) was at high (x̄= 4.51, SD = 0.434), followed by the physical development aspect (physical development and training), the moral development aspect (living by the 5 Buddhist precepts, Behavior development) and the Intellectual development aspect (Intellectual development, intelligence training) which is at the same high level.