Ageing Society
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Research Synthesis on Social Handicaps in Thailand, Research Report | Nipa S. Tumornsoontorn | Reveals the results of synthesis of research reports and theses from B.E. 2523 to B.E. 2533, focusing on the topics related to social handicaps in Thailand. Discusses the findings in terms of educational unopportunity, street child, labor exploitation, entertainment girls, aged, battered and abandoned child and slum dwellers | Thai | 50566 |
Social Welfare Services for the Aged in Thailand | Sasiphat Yodphet | Gives general information on the aged together with the meaning, problems and demand. Explains the meaning of social welfare services and gives background and the establishment of the aged committee. Follows with various services: health welfare education and those organized by private agencies. Covers concepts regarding future social welfare services for the aged. | Thai | 50539 |
Consequences of the Fertility Decline on the Familial Support System of the Aged: A Case of Thailand | Napaporn Chayovan | Deals with the familial support system of the aged in Thai society. Considers number of children and familial support of the aged, and estimation of the impact from fertility decline. Reports on study results from qualitative data. Includes conclusion, appendix, and tables. | Thai | 50273 |
Population Ageing in Thailand: Personal and Service Implications | Warnes, Anthony | Discusses the ageing of Thailand's population and the consequences for the kingdom's people and institutions. Examines the interactions between an increasingly elderly population and the social forms associated with the spread of urban-industrial, waged employment. Assesses the implications of the nation's current sociodemographic trends for the welfare of elderly people in Thailand. Reviews the recent demographic history of Thailand, with par ...Continue Reading | English | 50206 |
Nursing Care Needs of the Aged in Elderly Club and Home for the Aged | Pranom Othaganont | Studies nursing care needs of the aged, concerning health promotion, disease prevention, medical treatment, and rehabilitation. Discusses the nursing care needs for the aged in the public and private sectors as classified by regions. | Thai | 50066 |
Ageing in East and South-east Asia | Examines the context of elderly people's lives as shaped by provision of services and facilities, including living arrangements and housing, in the region broadly defined as East and Southeast Asia. Discusses social gerontology concentrating on the economic, social, and demographic circumstances of elderly people, and the ways in which their lives can be influenced by social policies, official stances and community attitudes. Investigates the ...Continue Reading | English | 50014 | |
The Fourth Asian and Pacific Population Conference, 19-27 August 1992 at Bali | Asian and Pacific Population Conference (4th : 1992 : Bali, Indonesia) | Present a detailed picture of the region's population situation, problems, issues, prospects, and impact on economic and social development. Serves as a useful resource and reference for those concerned with population and planning issues in Asia and the Pacific as the 20th century draws to a close. | English | 50007 |
Situational Analysis and Policy Studies in Relation to Disadvantaged Children and Youth: Homeless Children | Nitaya Kataleeradabhan | Studies the problems of homeless children covering general information, causes and process of being homeless children, degree of the problems, and public's and private's services for these children. Presents the officials' attitudes on homeless children, including suggestion, guidelines, and measurement to prevent, relief and solve the problems | Thai | 49708 |
Attitudes of the Adult Towards the Elderly | Malinee Wongsith | Presents the results of the survey concerning attitudes towards images of aging, marriage in older adulthood, and aging sexuality. | Thai | 49634 |
Required and Actual Support from Children of the Thai Elderly | Pianjai Rotjanasinwilai | Investigates socio-economic and demographic factors such as current age, sex, marital status, number of living children, health status, working status and occupation, affecting required support from children of the Thai elderly. Examines the factors affecting the actual support from children of the Thai elderly. | Thai | 49474 |
Epidemiology of Disability and Ageing in Thailand, Summary Report on the Field Survey Study | Introduces general information and facts about Thailand on disabled persons. Gives basic data on the disabled and the elderly specified by sex, age groups, causes of disability, socioeconomic status, and education level both for the whole country and for each region | English | 49406 | |
Fact and Attitude of the Aged and Adolescent in Bangkok Towards Socio-economic Roles of the Aged | Siriwan Siriboon | Studies the attitudes of the aged in Bangkok towards their socio-economic roles in family life, considering the main roles in earning their income and assisting the housework. Examines how the adolescents conceive the roles of the aged, covering the roles of adolescents in taking care of the aged and their health. Analyzes problems arisen from generation gap, mentioning the aged's preparation for leading their elderly life and the adolescents' ...Continue Reading | Thai | 49283 |
Old-Age Protection Schemes in Asia | McGillivray, W.R | Identifies certain elements which are fundamental to the design of a scheme to provide old-age benefits. Describes general principles of old-age protection, covering income needs of age persons, pensionable age and retirement, amount of old-age benefit, and financing of old-age benefits. Includes appendixes | English | 49228 |
Old Age Benefits Schemes in Thailand | Theera Srithamaraks | Reports on situation of the care of the aged in Thai society, including lists of homes for the aged and the elderly service centers in Thailand, operation of homes for the aged, and social services for the elderly | English | 49227 |
Attitudes Toward Family Values in Thai Society | Malinee Wongsith | Analyzes the data from the Survey of Thai families, conducted by the Institute of Population Studies, Chulalongkorn University and the Institute for Population and Social Research, Mahidol University. Focuses on family life and values in rural society, citing marriage, roles of husband and wife, seniority, child rearing and aged people. Includes attitudes toward engagement, educational opportunities, people whom they will lean on at old age, an ...Continue Reading | Thai | 49204 |
Situational Analysis and Policy Studies in Relation to Disadvantaged Children and Youth | Examine the problems and situation of disadvantaged children, citing abandoned children, street children and child labor. Mentions availability of services for these three groups of children and youth provided by public and private sectors. Gives policy recommendations and development guidelines, noting income generation, decentralization of industries and social services, extension of educational opportunity, strengthening of family institutio ...Continue Reading | English | 49195 | |
Situational Analysis in Relational Disadvantaged Children and Youth | Surveys the impacts of economic and social changes on the problem of disadvantaged children. Examines the problems and situations of disadvantaged children under the categories of abandoned children, street children and child labour as well as the services provided by public and private sectors. Offers policy recommendations on preventive and developmental measures and problem solutions for individual groups to be incorporated in the Seventh Na ...Continue Reading | Thai | 49117 | |
Situational Analysis and Policy Studies in Relation to Disadvantaged Children and Youth: Child Workers, Research Report | Chantana Banpasirichote | Describes children's access to labour market, covering children's experience and works, and works that employ child labour. Examines working conditions of child labour in the agricultural and non-agricultural sectors in terms of types of work working hour work environment and wages, living condition and welfare. Points out problems faced by the child labour, focusing on child labor who have problems and need helps, expectation of child labou ...Continue Reading | Thai | 49109 |
Parents' Support and Attitudes Toward the Elderly of Thai Youth | Napaporn Chayovan | Surveys general background and household composition of Thai adults, focusing on their supporting performance to the parents and elderly relatives in terms of the living conditions, the visit, and levels and types of the supports. Studies Thai youths' attitudes on their preparation when getting old, including attitudes on the dependence on sons/daughters for housing and health care when they are ageing. Includes also the attitudes on working in ...Continue Reading | Thai | 48945 |
Health and Welfare Policies for the Elderly in Asia: Lessons for Thailand | Bhassorn Limanonda | Analyzes the problems regarding policies and planning on the health and welfare for the elderly in Asia. Discusses the role of family, community, and state in arranging for sufficient health and welfare for the elderly. Includes planning for the future. | Thai | 48897 |