Elderly school and learning to improve the quality of life

Abstract

The objectives of this study was to Elderly school and learning to improve the quality of life. Results of the Academic; at present, as the trend of society has changed into the elderly society it is also increasing the dependence of the elderly therefore caring and improving the quality of life of the elderly becomes an obstacle to national development. Without proper preparation for this problem even the elderly has a longer life but does not mean that the quality of their life is good as well. Due to the deteriorating physical condition, the environment is getting worse and social conditions that change from extended family systems to a single family system as the culture of caring for the elderly in the family has decreased it is causing the elderly to be more neglected. Therefore, Thailand must be prepared to step into the quality elderly society along with other developments in the country according to international standards which means that Thailand has to prepare for the socio-economic and health care for the elderly in order to cope with such changes. The elderly school is another form of promoting lifelong learning, education management, skills development to improve the quality of the elderly’s life and the activities of the elderly school, it is an issue that the elderly are interested in and important to their life. It Helps to increase knowledge and necessary life skills. At the same time, it is an area where the elderly will show their potential by transferring the knowledge, experience and accumulated experience to other people in order to use their wisdom to maintain value with the community. This will make the elderly live a valuable life that can benefit society and happiness at the end of their life.