This research is a qualitative research. Considering the situation of the elderly in Thailand B.E. 2016 and the study of the context of the community with a tendency to increase the proportion of the elderly population together with the problems and obstacles that there are still needs to participate in recreational activities. In this regard there were 38 key informants chosen by a purposive sampling method for each target group. The selected informants consisted of 30 elderly people between 60-69 years old 2 neighbors 2 community leaders 2 family members and 2 government officials. Due to the outbreak situation of COVID-19 the target group has to be adjusted accordingly. There were only 10 elderly people who were willing to be interviewed by phone. These informants are those who resides in Nang Loeng community Phra Nakhon District and Pom Prap Sattru Phai District Bangkok. The data was therefore collected by telephone interviews. It was found that the elderly’s highest average needs for recreational activities were the top 3 categories accordingly as follows: 1.the category of games sports and play 2. dance and 3. singing and music. The results of the research also showed a clear nature of the activities; that is these three types of recreational activities involved body movement fun activities and those that demonstrated their abilities and skills. It can be seen that these three types of recreational activities involved physical movement as the main component of exercise and dancing as well as gestures and posture while singing or playing music. This helps promote physical health mental health and a good quality of life for the elderly. The result also showed that the activities that the elderly most frequently participated in during the recent period were games sports and plays followed by singing and music and dance. The problems found from participating in recreational activities among the elderly was the insufficiency of equipment and facilities followed by the problem of inappropriate places for participating in recreational activities and the problem of inappropriate activity period. (too little or too much time).

The purpose of this Participatory Action Research (PAR) was to study the guidelines for creating recreational activities to promote health for the elderly and to create a practical guide for organization of recreational activities for senior citizens in Thamakham Subdistrict Municipality Mueang Kanchanaburi Kanchanaburi. This research project had a sample group of 40 volunteer participants who were aged 60 or over were able to take care of themselves and were inhabitants of Moo 1 Moo 2 and Moo 5 in Thamakham Subdistrict Municipality Mueang Kanchanaburi Kanchanaburi. The data-collecting instruments for this research were 12 recreational activity programs for promoting health for the elderly and structured interviews of the participants. Data analysis was performed by calculating percentages means and standard deviations. The results of the research project: 1. Most of the seniors were female married have no career have one to three family members and have medical problems. Most of them participated in community activities. 2. Most of the seniors have a medium level of basic knowledge in promoting health for the elderly people. 3. The level of point of view of the seniors about the purpose of creating recreational activities to promote health for the elderly was much more than average. 4. The level of satisfaction of the seniors about managing recreational activities to promote health for the elderly was much more than average. 5. The level of overall satisfaction of the seniors about recreational activities to promote health for the elderly was much more than average. 6. Suggestions were received from the senior citizens that the schedule for the activities should be Monday to Friday between 8.00 A.M. to 12.00 A.M. and that the venues for the activities should be dependent on the organizers and that there should be field trips. 7. Creation of a practical guide containing 12 activities to organize recreational activities for seniors in Thamakham Subdistrict Municipality Mueang Kanchanaburi Kanchanaburi.

This survey research was to identify need to participate in recreation activities of Rajamangala Univeristy of Technology Phra Nakhon students. Three hundred ninety first year through fourth year students from 9 different faculties. Multistage random sampling was used for the sample’s representation from the population. A standard questionnaire was used for testing this study purpose. This three sections questionnaire includes general information regarding subjects’ gender age year of study area of study student income to average per month for students and so on. The main 35 items rating scale type questionnaire was to identify types and need of activities from the university. The last session is a 4 items open-ended question asking for students’ recommendations. Frequency and percentage were used for data analysis. The statistical analysis revealed that male and female students moderately need university participating service in management and need highest on university service personnel. Male students however moderately need on facilities and equipments while female student do highest. On the participation need of recreation activity by class levels analysis only first year student’s highest need the rest of every year students moderately do. Students from first year to third year moderately need recreation service on management while forth year students and third year students from 2 years program highly need this service. In addition forth year students from 2 years program showed highest need to this service. However first to third year students moderately need on personal service only first and second year students moderately need this service. The second and forth year student and students from 2 year program were highly need this service. Lastly first year student highly need service on facilities and equipments while third year students moderately need this service. The rest of student class levels do need this service highest. By the area of study student taken analysis both science and social science areas students moderately need university recreational service. They however highly need on personal service. Students in the area of science moderately need service on facilities and equipments while social science student’s highest need this service.

This research applied the qualitative research methodology which used in‐depth interviews. A purposive sampling was selected to find 40 people who related to the activities. The results of the research are as follows: 1. Students who organized the freshmen welcoming activities did not have a risk assessment plan. They had only simple action plan. There were not only freshmen welcoming activities but also welcoming activities for sophomore entering to their majors. Senior students only from the Technology in radio and television program (RT) appeared to have SOTUS system behind. 2. The freshmen academic year 2020 wanted to participate in the activities because they want to make friends and want to be familiar with senior friends. Freshmen also wanted sophomore guide them about their studies and university lives. Freshmen understood their rights and knew how to protect themselves from uncreative activities. They thought that appropriate activities such as faculty sports career guidance activities recreational activities singing and games. 3. Faculty members staffs of the Faculty of Mass Communication Technology andoutsiders expected that the creative model for freshmen welcoming activities should organize sport games recreational activities. Professional activities should be benefit to the communities and public service activities should build good image of the profession.