Health Management for elderlies in Urban, Phetchabun Municipality, Phetchabun Province

Abstract

The objectives of this study were to study the problem of health management and create public policy and health management model for elderlies in the urban area. It was conducted as a research and development study in the elderlies living Phetchabun Municipality, Phetchabun Province. Data were collected by questionnaires of 1,015 respondents and interviews and group discussions. in the elderlies and related persons of 50 respondents. The findings of the study revealed that the elderlies had no participation in health management at all different levels together with the governmental organizations’ unwell-organized basic health services and health care. The elderlies had no health check-up services, and few of them had enough exercise. A model for elderly health management in Phetchabun Municipality was developed based on the principle that promote the roles of the elderlies in planning, performing, examining, improving, as well as evaluating the health management which would result in physical, mental, social, and intellectual developments. In order to creat public policies on the elderly effective health management, the Phetchabun Municipality had divided the elderlies into two major groups: general elderly, as well as home-bound and bed-bound elderly. This would promoted accessibilities of public health services, decrease the complications of diseases; and their independent life existence would be properly supported. In terms of a health management plan served for the elderly sustainable health development, it also showed that screening classification together with the assessment of the eldery’s health situations in integration with other different networking parties’ health promotion, the elderly health services, long-term healthcare system management, as well as their physical recovery services were mostly supported.