GUIDELINES OF ELDERS’ POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN BANGKOK AND PERIMETER.

Abstract

The research objectives “Guidelines of Elders’ Potential Development in Bangkok and Perimeter” aimed to study the potential of elders and guidelines to develop elders’ potential for adding economic and social value in Bangkok and perimeter that according with bodies of knowledge and elders’ rights. The population of the qualitative research represented elders and the participants from relevant institutes in Bangkok and perimeter. The research objectives “Guidelines of Elders’ Potential Development in Bangkok and Perimeter” aimed to study the potential of elders and guidelines to develop elders’ potential for adding economic and social value in Bangkok and perimeter that according with bodies of knowledge and elders’ rights. The finding found that. 1) The aspect of elders’ potential was found that the self-caring of elders represented activities’ style in term of physical, mental, emotional and social including self-worth creation and transferring. Elders had bodies of knowledge and various local wisdoms and transferring them to youth. Supporting factors represented participation, interest, and aptitude of elders and the received benefits, networking and supporting from government and private sectors. 2) The aspect of elders’ potential development guidelines for adding value in economic and social in Bangkok and perimeter, considering the potential of elders both in terms of knowledge, bodies of Knowledge and wisdom of the elders including adding social value, adding economic value guidelines for career creation to elders in Bangkok and perimeter in addition of elders’ rights protection and preservation in Bangkok and perimeter that proposed three according policies to relevant institutes.