The purposes of this research were to 1) investigate personal factors of consumers in Bangkok after the outbreak of Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) 2) study information awareness in the widespread Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) 3) find out the new normal style of consumers’ behaviors in food purchasing options in Bangkok after the Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic 4) study the relationship between personal factors and the new normal style of consumers’ behaviors in food purchasing options in Bangkok after the outbreak of Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) and 5) examine the relationship between information awareness of the Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak and the new normal style of consumers’ behaviors in food purchasing options in Bangkok after the Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak. The sample was 400 consumers in Bangkok who were selected by stratified sampling. The research instrument used in this study was the questionnaire. The statistical analysis used in this study included frequency percentage means and chi square. The results of the study were as follows: 1) for personal factors of consumers in Bangkok most of them were female (222 participants) whose ages ranged from 20-30 years old. Their education was lower than bachelors level. Their occupations were company employees/private employees with an average income from 10001 to 20000 baht per month. 2) Regarding the awareness of the Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic the results showed that most of the consumers received main sourcesof information from the Ministry of Public Health family members and television channel. 3) In addition to the new normal style of purchasing food options the results reported that most consumers preliminary examined their readiness health check before going out to buy or use any services. The majority of consumers selected restaurants in the department stores buying a la carte for example meat rice and curry fried chicken bakery products instant noodles frozen meats and various Thai desserts. These consumers spending money less than 500 baht bought these products by themselves and making their own decisions. 4) Personal factors including gender and education level were correlated with the new normal style of consumers’behaviors in foods purchasing option with statistically significant at the .05 level. 5) For the outbreak information sources the informants reported that the widespread Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) was correlated to the new normal style of consumers’ behaviors in food purchasing options with statistically significant at the .05 level.

This research aimed to: 1) develop an elderly quality of life promotion model for self-reliance through community product processing: 2) develop community product processing to promote income of the elderly and: 3) promote coexistence activities among the elderly. The research was qualitative research using document examination an in-depth interview with 10 key informants group discussion and non-participant observation. The results showed that: 1) the development of an elderly quality of life promotion model for self-reliance through community product processing encouraged the participation in the community product processing among the elderly: 2) the community products were processed in the community to promote income for the elderly and: 3) the community in collaboration with the municipality promoted the coexistence of the elderly. A new model discovered from the development of quality of life using processing community products was an integration of community knowledge management in processing community products based on the sufficiency economy philosophy. This research led to new the findings as follows. 1) The community participation from the associates included community municipality government organizations educational institutes and supporting organizations. 2) The products focused on herbal products for the elderly that were found in the households easily found and were medicinal plants for cooking such as Moringa lemongrass pandanus Indian Gooseberry etc. 3) The guidelines for promoting activities in coexistence of the elderly included elderly school activities volunteer activities Buddhist important day activities traditional activities and community enterprise members.

The objective of this research is to study and analyze social support including search for social support models for the. It is a qualitative research that collects data from in-depth individual interviews with 15 elderly and group discussions with elderly representatives and other 12 involved persons. The data collection also includes field observations and notes. We use content-based data analysis interpretation and describing from the phenomena that occurred. The results reveal that: Social support for the elderly’s well-being based on (1) self-level or self-reliance that was an attempt to help themselves as much as possible. This to make oneself feel valued to have self-empowerment and to develop oneself. 2) Family level is the closeness with the elderly who plays an important role in problems solving of physical mental and social suffering as well as to promote happiness of the elderly in all dimensions. (3) Community and local level is the cooperation of groups of people involved in implementation of the care and support the happiness creation that is consistent with family and community problems. There are 3 characteristics of social support models for the elderly’s well-being: (1) Family characteristic which is the closeness of all family members. It takes love gratitude coordination or asking for help as well as the support from both inside and outside the family in every way. (2) The nature of the community is a cooperation and coordination the benefits of both the family and stakeholders in the community in order to strengthen the social support for family quality. It focuses on social participation and well-being development. (3) Characteristic of social networks is an integrated work of 3 large groups that consists of health social service and local community. These attend to care and social support at the family level area level and provincial level emphasizing the policy integration to practice.

This research is a Qualitative Research in the form of Case Study which aims to analyze learning activities and learning activities model to improve the life quality of the elderly by using schools as a base. This focuses on collecting data from indepthinterviews individually from 15 major informants including group discussionswith related 12 representatives from elderly schools who are the master and haveoutstanding learning activities. The elderly schools include the Elderly School of Plubplachai Sub-district U Thong District Suphan Buri Province the Elderly School of Tumbon Nonglan Tamaga District Kanchanaburi Province and the Elderly School of Yannawa District Bangkok. In addition observation and field notes are used in collecting data. The data was analyzed by using content analysis and occurring phenomena descriptive analysis The results indicated that things to consider about learning activities for improving the quality of life of the elderly by using schools as a base include (1) the background of the elderly school (2) Purpose or intention of learning management (3) the elderly school learning content or curriculum (4) Process patterns or methods of learning management (5) Assessment or impact. These are diverse under the concept of establishing an elderly school and the learning activities are organized by the interests of the elderly and those activities are important for their livelihood. There are 2 characteristics of the learning activity model for improving the quality of life of the elderly which are (1) It is a learning activity model with institution curriculum and lessons. The activity is an activity that encourages networks in community to be speakers to transfer knowledge or lecture and practice via various learning tools. (2 ) It is a learning activity model of the villagers. It is an alternativeactivity for learners. It is an empirical learning model that is demonstrated and then acted such as career development activities ones own well-being activities and other activities. Moreover there are other learning activity models i.e. (1) It is a learning activity model based on what should be known about current lifestyle and world society. (2) It is a learning activity model based on what must be known about benefits and protection. (3) It is a learning activity model based on curious things which response to learning needs based on learners life and cultural basis of the local community. The result of this research is to be a guideline in order to promote operations and enhance the potential of the elderly that are suitable to the context of the area group and expand the learning management by using the elderly school as a base.

The objectives of this study were to study expenditure behaviors following the Sufficiency Economy Concept of teachers Faculty of Business Administration Rajamangala University of Technology Pha Nakhon in 3 aspects : moderation reasonableness immunization; compare the expenditure behaviors of the teachers by sex monthly incomes debt conditions and years of work experiences. The sample consisted of 92 teachers Faculty of Business Administration Rajamangala Univerity of Technology Pha Nokhon. The instrument used in data collection was a 5-level scale questionnaire with an alpha reliability of 0.95. The descriptive statistics used in data analysis were frequency percentage mean standard deviation. The statistics used in hypothesis tests were t-test One-Way ANOVA and post hoc LDS tests. The result of the study are as follows. 1. The expenditure behaviors following the Sufficiency Economy Concept of teachers Faculty of Business Administratjon Rajamangala University of Technology Pha Nakhon as a whole and individual 3 aspects : moderation reasonableness and immunization were at the high level. 2. The male and female teachers did not have different expenditure behaviors following the Sufficiency Economy Concept as a whole and individual 3 aspects. 3. The teachers having different monthly incomes had significantly different expenditure behaviors following the Sufficiency Economy Concept as a whole the moderation and the reasonableness at .01 level; teachers having > 29519 Baht monthly incomes had higher mean of the expenditure behaviors as a whole the moderation and the reasonableness than those having < 22251 Baht monthly incomes and 22251-29519 Baht monthly incomes. 4. The teachers having different debt conditions had significantly different expenditure behaviors following the Sufficiency Economy Concept as a whole and individual aspects at .01 level; teachers having no debt and teachers having manageable debt had higher means of the expenditure behaviors as a whole and the 3 aspects than those having unmanageable debt. 5. The teachers having different years of work experiences did not have different expenditure behaviors following the Sufficiency Economy Concept as a whole. When considered individual aspects it was found that means of 2 aspects were significantly different at .05 level as follows : teachers having 20-27 years of work experiences and > 27 years of work experiences had significantly higher means in the moderation aspect than teachers having < 20 years of work experiences; and teachers having > 27 years of work experiences had significantly higher mean in the reasonableness than teachers having < 20 years of work experiences.