THE MAJOR OBSTACLES THAT AFFECT THE USE OF ELDERLY HOME SERVICES BY PERSPECTIVE OF DIALYSIS PATIENT WHO LIVE ALONE IN THONBURI DISTRICT, BANGKOK

Abstract

The elderly status in Thailand will become to super-aged society at the end of 2022. Many families must increase their daily task to take care their parents as a caregiver even if the elderly are the patients from hospital who need to go to the hospital many times a week. The opportunity of elderly care business seems to be good but it’s not. In contrast the public elderly care is not popular because of the price, services, and quality concern. In this research I would like to find the factor that affect using of elderly care in many dimensions from four different background interviewees who are a dialysis patient and elder who live alone in Bangkok. After the interviews I found an insightful data and perspective in different factor from the interviewees such physical need and personal values.