Ageing Society
Item title | Author | Description | Language | Accession Number |
---|---|---|---|---|
Rural Development Management Principles, Propositions and Challenges | Krasae Chanawongse | Investigates three crucial issues of rural development, namely: participation, partnership, and development styles. Demonstrates case situations from the experiences of Dr. Krasae Chanawongse on primary health care, and how the most important challenge is discovering how to mobilize and develop the most important existing resource of all people. | English | 48874 |
Demographic Change and Asian Labor Markets in the 1990s | Bauer, John | Summarizes the projected labor force trends. Examines labor market prospects in Japan and the NICs in terms of labor pools of the past three decades restructuring, direct foreign investment, and importation of labor and aging. Discusses employment problems in the labor-abundant countries, focusing on agricultural labor force, rural China, and urban labor absorption. Presents an agenda for future research | English | 48823 |
Family Care of the Elderly in Thailand | Malinee Wongsith | Deals with structure of Thai family including traditional values, basic economic system, and role of the family. Discusses societal change related to demographic change, socioeconomic change, consequences of societal change, and responses to change in the country. Presents old-age pension plans of government, state enterprise, and private enterprise employees. Describes various types of assistance for the elderly provided by government and no ...Continue Reading | English | 48774 |
Aftermath of the World Conference on Education for all | Presents an overview of the activities of the Asia-Pacific Programme of Education for All (APPEAL) in realizing its goals. Gives a summary of Asia-Pacific country reports concerning the World Conference on Educational for All. Details the actions taken by 10 selected countries in terms of present situation of education for all, universalization of primary education, eradication of illiteracy, promotion of continuing education, NGO participation ...Continue Reading | English | 48690 | |
The Comparative Study on the Social Welfare Systems for Elderly in Japan and Thailand | Woothisarn Tanchai | Compares the welfare systems for aging people between Japan and Thailand. Focuses on demographic trends and projection of the aged population, policies and legislations on the welfare for aged, welfare programs, and the opinions of the administrators on the problems of the welfare systems for elderly | Thai | 48681 |
Changing Roles and Statuses of Women in Thailand: A Documentary Assessment | Contains twelve articles by various authors concerning the historical position of women in Thailand against the background of rapid social change. Investigates the seven major roles women play in Thai society: parental, conjugal, domestic, community, occupational, kin and individual. | English | 48559 | |
Facts and Attitudes Among Younger Generation Thais Towards Care and Support of the Elderly | Siriwan Siriboon | Studies factors influencing behavior and attitudes of younger generation toward care and support of the elderly parents, the close elderly and all elderly in general, in terms of co-residence, support of money, food and clothes, and the visit. Considers background of younger generation and characteristics of the elderly, concerning activities and the improving life and social status of the elderly | Thai | 48379 |
Population Policies and Programmes in the 1990s: Trends and Prospects | Sirimon Wilairat | Gives the executive summary and policy declaration of population policy and programs in the Asia and Pacific Region. Reviews the growth rate, fertility rate, and mortality rate of the population. Discusses the change of direction of family planning program, concerning life quality, maternal and child health, teenagers, male population, and disadvantaged persons. Describes the changing of guidelines in the development of family planning program ...Continue Reading | Thai | 48251 |
The Elderly in Asia | Discusses the impact that aging of the population and extension of life will eventually have on various Asian Countries. Points out that statistics on aging for the period until the year 2000 may mask the problem. Studies demographic characteristics of elderly, indicating trends in the size and proportion of the elderly, aging indicators, growth of the elderly population, sex ratios, and health and life expectancy. Covers family structure and ...Continue Reading | English | 48145 | |
Education for All, National Seminar on 8-12 Oct. 1990 at Chiang Mai Plaza Hotel, Chiang Mai | National Seminar on Education for All (1990 : Chiang Mai) | Prepares Thailand's National Declaration on Basic Education for All, and develops further the Declaration into an Action Plan for national implementation. Identifies urgent problems, and policies concerning the educational management to serve special target groups, namely: pre-school children (0-5 years old) school children (6-11 and 12-14 years old) and youth and adults (over 15 years). Presents the framework for action on basic education an ...Continue Reading | English | 48079 |
Factor that Influence Life Satisfaction of Old Age: A Case Study of Old Age in Bonkai Community, Bangkok | Marasri Nutsaengpli | Studies the level of life satisfaction as well as factors that influencing the life satisfaction of the old age population in Bonkai community, Bangkok. Gives the general characteristics of the old age, in particular the definition, and physiological and psychological changes of the old age. Depicts the theories of ageing, focusing on genetic, non-genetic cellular, immunological, and sociological theories. Presents the findings of the study in ...Continue Reading | Thai | 47974 |
Elderly People in Thai Society | Tongyoo Kaewsaiha | Compares residential environment, personal characteristics, family circumstances, activities and roles of the elderly people. Examines other characteristics and variables related to their anxiety, happy feelings and satisfaction. Indicates that major problem associated with elderly people in the Northern region is the lack of cultivable land while that of the Northeastern and the Eastern regions is poverty | Thai | 47816 |
What is Happening to Our 'Shady Trees'? | Siriwan Sereewattana | Concentrates on the plight of the elderly which has become significant nowadays, based on social changes caused by modernization and materialism. States that Thailand's social security system is overwrought by the increasing number of elderly, not only the poor but also the rich. Mentions the homes for the aged that are always overcrowded and have the lengthening waiting lists. Emphasizes the Department of Public Welfare's solutions for elderl ...Continue Reading | English | 47636 |
The Thai Elderly: Demographic and Social Characteristics from Formal Information Sources | Napaporn Chayovan | Studies the economic, social, demographic and health conditions of the Thai elderly, using data from census and survey of National Statistical Office. Contains the structure of age, sex, mortality, health condition, migration, social and demography aspects, and socio-economic characteristics of the elderly. Notes the past and present trends, and evaluates the elderly situation in the next decade, citing demographic estimation. | Thai | 47555 |
Buddhadasa Bhikkhu at 84 | Sanitsuda Ekachai | Describes Buddhadasa Bhikkhu, the religious reformer and contemporary spiritual leader, in the occasion of his 84 years of age in terms of his short biography, sermon, health, daily life, activity, and a handbook he wrote. Includes Sulak Sivahaksa's opinion. | English | 47422 |
Lannathai (Northern Thailand): A Select Bibliography | Compiles monographs and a few audio-visual materials focusing on items in Thai and English. Concerns various aspects of the northern Thailand such as history, culture and society, agriculture, minorities,etc., Provides two alphabetical lists of subject headings in both Thai and English with corresponding section numbers. Composes of main entry, title of monograph, edition note, place of publication, publisher, and date of publication in accord ...Continue Reading | English | 47386 | |
Activities and Expectation of Retired Government Officials in Thailand | Charuwan Srisawang | Studies the attitude towards the fixture of retirement age among the sample of retired government officials, the degree of satisfaction to pensionable incomes, the attitude towards the activities after retirement and characteristics of these activities, and the attitude towards the activities that were expected to create the benefits to public society. Reports on the results of the research, and gives suggestions | Thai | 47379 |
Songkran ... A Time to Think of the Elderly | Sirinapha Bangkerdphol | Points out the significance of Songkran celebration as a good time for remembering the elders, and children travelling from afar to pay their respects to older relatives. Notes that the elderly in other countries excluding Thailand are taken good care of by the government under a social security system. Reports on the activities of Duang Prateep Foundation to organize Songkran celebrations for some 1,000 elderly people from the Klong Toey area ...Continue Reading | English | 47322 |
Collection of Articles on Accidents, Volume I | Wichit Bunyahotara | Focuses on home and traffic accidents, noting cautions, causes and preventions. Describes dangers from household appliances, toxic substances, mental stress, weapons, fire, falling from high places, drowning, foods and drugs along with accidents in children and the elders. Mentions accidents on road, air and water traffic covering drivers' and driving condition, accidents from motor vehicles, and suggestions for safety | Thai | 47187 |
Thailand's Elderly Population: A Demographic and Social Profile Based on Official Statistical Sources | Napaporn Chayovan | Provides a descriptive profile of Thailand's elderly population in terms of their demographic, health and socio-economic characteristics. Details age and sex structure of the population, mortality, health status, migration, socio-demographic characteristics, and socio-economic characteristics. Focuses on the recent situation of the elderly with attention to prior trends, and makes comparisons between the elderly and younger age groups in the po ...Continue Reading | English | 47155 |