EFFECTS OF THE HAPPINESS PROGRAM FOR THE ELDERLY IN SAMUT SONGKHRAM PROVINCE

Abstract

            The purpose of this research are: 1) To study the impact of happiness programs in older adults. In Samut Songkhram Province 2. A comparative study of the knowledge and behavior of the elderly before and after participating in the happiness program of the elderly in Samut Songkhram province. 300 seniors in Bang Nang Li Subdistrict, Amphawa District, Samut Songkhram Province, and 40 specific samples, including 21 male elders and 19 female elders, participated in the results of the Samut Songkhram Province Elder Happiness Program to collect data through knowledge and practice questionnaires on the Elder Happiness Program and statistics, used for data analysis, including percentage, mean, standard deviation, and pairwise t-test. The research findings of this study revealed that: 1) Before the experiment, the knowledge attended the effects of the happiness program for the elderly in SamutSongkhram Province, the elderly had the scores 6.35 (X̅ = 6.35 ,S.D.= 1.14) and after experiment, attended the effects of the happiness program for the elderly in SamutSongkhram Province, the knowledge  attended the effects of the happiness program for the elderly in SamutSongkhram Province had the sore 7.83  (X̅ = 7.83 ,S.D.= 0.38) Comparing between before and after experiment , the knowledge of the elderly had different, the result was significantly different in term of statistic at .05 level. The meant that after experiment, the elderly were greater than those of the practice in the knowledge. and Before the experiment, the practice attended the effects of the happiness program for the elderly in SamutSongkhram Province, the elderly had the scores 3.91(X̅ = 3.91 ,S.D.= 0.57)and after experiment Comparing between before and after experiment, the practice of the elderly had different, the result was significantly different in term of statistic at .05 level The meant that after experiment,  the  elderly  were greater than those of the before  in the  practice. Conclusion the result had the effect of attended the effects of the happiness program for the elderly in SamutSongkhram Province.