Integrating King's Philosophy into Promoting Elderly Wellness in Elderly Schools in Eastern Special Development Zone
Keywords:
Eastern Special Development Zone, Elderly School, The King's Philosophy, Wellness of ElderlyAbstract
The goals of this study are to evaluate the wellness level of elderly citizens who attended elderly schools and to study the King's Philosophy integrating model used in the schools located in the Eastern Special Development Zone. Mixed research methods were used in this research. The sample group used in the study was divided into 2 groups: Group 1 consisting of 300 elderly members of model schools for the elderly in the Eastern Special Development Zone via multi-stage sampling - using a 5-level evaluation questionnaire and data analyzed using percentage statistics, mean and standard deviation, and descriptive and inferential statistics. Group 2, besides, was the qualitative study of key informants consisting of 40 committees of model schools for the elderly in the Eastern Special Development Zone. The result shows that 1) The wellness of the elderly in elderly schools in the Eastern Special Development Zone is high ( = 3.82, S.D. = 0.65), and the highest mean is mental health (
= 4.07, S.D. = 0.67), and 2) Intergrating King's Philosophy model into promoting elderly wellness in elderly schools in Eastern Special Development Zone found that using the participatory process in determining the curriculum by using King's Philosophy's concept, 'Understanding, Gaining Insight and Access, Engaging in Development," as an important tool in organizing the learning process. This resulted in effective development of the elderly, creating two dimensions of development - promoting wellness and having a good quality of life participated by organization's participatory process and network partners. Another dimension was tool development, such as, social innovations or any innovations used to promnote wellness and sustainable quality of life for the elderly.
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