The objectives of this research are: 1. to design innovative products for the elderly from local woven fabric scraps left over from sewing that can help and promote health in their lives; 2. to create product guidelines for the elderly from woven fabric scraps. Native leftovers from tailoring that are unique create value and add commercial value. From the study of rags from local woven cloth left over from sewing Weaving indigenous fabrics which are local wisdom. Has been used to process various products such as clothing bags guards there will be a discarded part that is not used Therefore in this research the rag was used to develop the design of products for the elderly. There is a worthwhile use of local fabric scraps. focus on style Techniques for creating curved surfaces Embossed into a ball to create a texture and pressure. In terms of shape design it can be used with the elderly. can help and promote health in life Characteristics of the product is a product that can be administered to muscles. parts of the body of the elderly. The results of the experiment by bringing innovative products for the elderly from the waste of local woven cloth were tested on 22 elderly people in terms of form beauty function use. It was found that the elderly were satisfied with the innovative products for the elderly. with an average of 4.51 is the most innovative product for the elderly from various forms of local woven fabrics It is designed to be a guideline for application. production for sale This will result in the community learning to design products related to the elderly. Community can develop potential Community products and products for the elderly resulting in the creation of local product identity It is a process of creating a body of knowledge and extending local wisdom for benefits.

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).

An investigation into the development of souvenir product prototype from Hmong embroidered fabrics to improve seniors quality of life in Kalayaniwattana District Chiang Mai Province.The aim of this study was to 1) develop a souvenir product prototype made from Hmong ethnic embroidered fabrics in Kalayaniwattana District Chiang Mai Province. 2) To develop innovative manufacturing processes to increase skills for the seniors to minimize the embroidery time. 3) To study the satisfaction towards the prototype of souvenir products from Hmong embroidered fabrics in Kalayani Wattana District Chiang Mai Province by using a sample of 200 tourists. The data collection tool was satisfaction questionnaire on the development of a prototype of a souvenir product from Hmong ethnic embroidered fabrics to improve the seniors quality of life in Kalayaniwattana District Chiang Mai Province on the aspect of its utility beauty manufacturing process and 3 souvenir product prototypes namely type 1 childrens cloth type 2 ladies robes and type 3 bags by using a random questionnaire. The data analysis generated from percentage statistics arithmetic mean and standard deviation. The study results based on the research objectives revealed the outcome as followed.l) To develop a prototype of a souvenir product from Hmong ethnic embroidered fabrics from sample group of 25 people the study found that the draft design that was satisfied as a souvenir prototype was group 1 childrens cloth. The most satisfied model was draft design 1.2 (= 4.36) group 2 shirts. The most satisfied womens group was draft design 2.1 (= 4.28). As for group 3 the bag which was assessed with highest satisfaction was draft design 3.1 (= 4.40). 2) To develop innovations in manufacturing process to enhance skills for seniors to reduce the embroidery duration it revealed that the star pattern was the simplest embroidery pattern reflecting Hmong identity through embroidered fabrics by application of antique tones together with the method of mixed silk embroidery with embroidering patch into round pieces to reduce the process and to facilitate fast embroidery process. 3) To study the satisfaction towards the prototype of souvenir products from Hmong ethnic embroidered fabrics part 1 the results of the general data study of the respondents found that most of the respondents were female accounted for 63.5 percent aged between 26-30 years representing 33.5 percent most of them were married 56% most of them graduated with a bachelors degree accounted for 60 percent most of them were employed as general staff accounted for 31 percent with monthly income at 15001-20000 baht representing 35.5% most of them domiciled in other provinces accounted for 55.5%. Part 2 information about the behavior of purchasing souvenirs found that most of the respondents already knew Kalayani Vadhana District Chiang Mai Province from social media channels (Social Network) accounted for 89 percent most of them had bought and used Hmong embroidered products 81.5 percent most of respondents would recommend other people to visit again at 100 percent most of the respondents perceived the souvenir prototypes were interesting 99 percent. Part 3 the satisfaction towards design and development of souvenir products prototypes made from Hmong embroidered fabrics found that the souvenir product prototypes that received the most satisfaction were type 3 bags (x-= 4.56 S.D. = 0.59.) in total aspects received the highest level of satisfaction followed by type 1 childrens cloth (x- = 4.52 S.D. = 0.55) with the highest level of satisfaction in all aspects and type 2 womens cloth (x-). = 4.45 S.D. = 0.65). Globally all aspects were satisfied at a high level.

This research aims to study the acceptance of financial transactions among the elderly people in Bangkok metropolitan classified by personal factors the features of mobile banking applications and the attitudes of using services of mobile banking applications that related to the acceptance of financial transactions of the elderly people in Bangkok metropolitan. The samples used in this research were 400 elderly people living in Bangkok metropolitan. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics namely frequency percentage mean and standard deviation; and inferential statistics namely independent sample t-test One-Way ANOVA and Pearson’s correlation coefficient. The results were found that the overall acceptance of mobile banking applications was at a high level and when considering the acceptance in sub levels the intention to use mobile banking continuously in both the present and the future was accepted in the highest score followed by suggesting others to use the mobile banking application. The hypothesis test revealed that: 1) the differences of age educational level income and experience of using mobile banking applications differently affect the level of acceptance on using a financial transaction on mobile banking applications: 2) the features of mobile banking application in the gained benefits the ease of features in mobile banking applications and confidence are positively correlated with the overall acceptance of the usage of mobile banking applications: 3) the attitudes towards the use of knowledge-based mobile banking applications value/social influence and service usage behavior are positively correlated with the acceptance of mobile banking applications in both overall and sub-issues. For suggestion of further research the development of mobile banking applications enabling more elderly people to turn to use the service may need to consider different sample groups such as various educational levels. The features of the mobile banking application must be beneficial to the elderly people because it was the most correlated factor in building confidence of elderly people deciding to use mobile banking applications. In terms of attitude the Mobile Banking Application service providers need to further study the elderly people behavior in using mobile banking applications to improve the services to be the most appropriate services. Related agencies and government agencies can use the research results as a guideline for policymaking or strategic planning in designing suitable government services for the elderly people to receive better welfare that supports the entry into Thailands aging society.

The purposes of this research were 1) study the level of perceived usefulness perceived ease of use attitude towards social media and using social media of the elderly people in Bangkok 2) compare the use of social media for the elderly people classified by personal factors and 3) analyze the factors related to the use of social media for the elderly people in Bangkok. The quantitative approaches were applied by using questionnaire for data collection. The research samples were 320 elderly people in Bangkok. Descriptive and inference statistics were used; arithmetic mean standard deviation t-test One-Way ANOVA and Pearson correlation coefficient. The results were found that the results were found that the level of perceived usefulness perceived ease of use in social media were at a medium level (𝑥𝑥̅= 3.48 𝑥𝑥̅= 2.95). The elderlys attitude towards social media and using social media were at a high level (𝑥𝑥̅= 3.65 𝑥𝑥̅= 3.54). The hypothesis test revealed that: 1) the differences of age educational level and average monthly income affect the social media use of the elderly people differently was significant. 2) The perceived usefulness perceived ease of use and attitude towards social media were significant positively related to using social media of the elderly people in Bangkok.