The purpose of this research was to study the knowledge and nutritional selfcare of elderly people trends to Dementia Case study : Phra Nakhon Sri Ayutthaya District Phra Nakhon Sri Ayutthaya Province and to determine the relationships between personal factors nutritional knowledge perception of physical health status and dietary intake behaviors in these people. The subjects of this study were 122 elderly peoples in this area The medthodology was the assessment interviews of personal factors nutritional knowledge perception of physical health status and dietary intake behaviors. The statistical methods used in this study were the percentage mean value standard deviation Chi-square The study found that 78.7% of the sample was female less than 65 years of age 75.4% of the sample held no regular job and 69.7% were primary school graduate. Test results of Thai Mental State Examination : TMSE showed most of the evaluation criteria of suspected dementia were 21.52 points which were less than 23 points Most samples had good perception of physical health status had good perception of dietary intake behaviors. Comparison of relationship between genders and perception of physical health status and between geners and perception of nutitional knowledge were found to be associated. Compare (5) the relationship between the level of the subjects of education and knowledge of nutrition were found to be associated. Compare the relationship between the level of the samples of behavior in food consumption were found to be associated.

The purposes of this research were 1) to study of personal factors of the elderly in ChomThong District Bangkok 2) to study the perception of information about the new strain of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID–19) 3) to study the adjustment in purchasing food for the new normal of the elderly 4) to study the relationship between personal factors and the adjustments in purchasing food for the new normal of the elderly and 5) to study the relationship between information perception about the new strain of coronavirus disease 2019 and the adaptation to purchasing food in the new normal of the elderly. The sample group consisted of 400 people including the elderly living in Chomthong District Bangkok. The samples were obtained by random sampling method and collected at convenience. The instrument used in this study was a questionnaire. The statistical analysis was frequency percentage and chi-square. The results showed that 1) personal factors of the elderly in ChomThong District Bangkok found that most of the women are single aged between 6 0 -6 5 years. The education level is at the elementary education level with an average income of not more than 5000 baht/month. 2) The perception of information about the new strain of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID–19) revealed that most of the elderly had received the source of information from the COVID-19 Situation Administration Center Ministry of Health. For the channel of perception of information perceived by television. The awareness of the vaccine used to prevent the 2019 new strain of coronavirus found the most information about the AstraZeneca vaccine. 3) Adaptation in purchasing food in the new normal for the elderly in ChomThong District Bangkok in the situation of the epidemic of the new strain of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) found that the elderly had to change their behavior in leaving the house to buy food by protecting themselves before leaving the house every time by wearing a mask or cloth mask and using alcohol gel. Types of food that are chosen to buy according to the new normal for the elderly is fresh meat one dish dry food and semi-finished food ready-to-cook or ready-to-eat food frozen foods include frozen meat products water and various kinds of Thai desserts. The elderly will buy food from vendors who are dressed properly wear clean aprons wear masks and wear gloves while picking up food and buy food for themselves at the market near the house. The cost of purchasing food per time is between 201-300 baht. 4) Personal factors were related to the adaptation in purchasing food according to the new normal of the elderly in ChomThong District Bangkok had a statistically significant level of .05. 5) The perception of information about the new strain of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID–19) is related to the adaptation in purchasing food according to the new normal of the elderly in ChomThong District Bangkok statistically significant at .05 except for the source of information on the outbreak of new strain of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the perception of information about the new strain of coronavirus vaccine. 2019 (COVID–19)

This study of the role of family locals and community in enhancing the quality of elderly people’s lives in central area by means of Sufficiency Economy theory collected the data from people. It aims 1) to study the role of family locals and the community to enhance the quality of elderly people’s life in Thailand’s central region; 2) to analyze factors related to the quality of elderly people’s lives; and 3) to identify ways of encouraging the development of elderly people to prepare them to be part of the society of elderly people in the ASEAN region. The participants in this research were elderly people in the central region. The research used quantitative methods to measure quality of life. Multi-stage sampling was employed. The data were analyzed with descriptive statistics such as average (x̅) and standard deviation to investigate the elements of each factor in the study. The results from the focus group regarding the quality of elderly people’s life can be summarized as follows: 1) The development of the quality of life of elderly people is based on the concept of “Strong community and people through the development and adaptation of the theory of the Sufficency Economy”. 2) The development of the quality of elderly people’s lives by means of religion: emphasizing the Buddhist way of life and local wisdom and culture to teach family members to be a grateful and loyal and to be a good person for the family and local community. 3) The quality of life of elderly people can be improved by implementing laws informed by morality to encourage generosity between family locals and community to solve the problems of elderly people. 4) The quality of life of elderly people locals and the community is based on mutual respect living together naturally according to the concept of the Sufficiency Economy in order to support large numbers of elderly people in the future. Suggestions arising from this research and from other ideas from participants include increases in government funds budgeted to support elderly people and the creation by local government of projects and activities for elderly people. In addition the participants also perceive the need for a chance for the elderly to study and learn in the local elderly school without age limit as a form of life-long learning. The participants also suggested the idea of evaluating the systems of schools for elderly people according to the “cheerfulness and happiness” of learners rather than by any other method. Connections between the schools for elderly learners in the central area should be co-ordinated so as to create more projects and activities.

The purposes of this research are to investigate 1) personal factors contributing to the longevity of elderly 2) the dietary behavior of long-living elderly and 3) the relationship between personal factors such as:gender age BMI and dietary behavior. The samples are 29 of long-living elderly with ages more than 80 years old living in Tambon Tha Phi Liang Muang district Suphanburi province. The long-living elderly must be able to answer the questions. The statistics used to analyze data in this research are frequency percentage and Chi-Square (χ2). The data were analyzed using statistical tools. As for thier dietary behavior it was found that most long-living elderly usually have five food groups:eggs UHT milk paddy morning glory cabbage watermelon papaya and vegetable oils. They purchased these five groups of food for consumption. Boiling was the main method of cooking. They usually stored food in the refrigerator to keep them fresh. The relationship between personal factors and dietary behavior could be classified into 5 areas : types of food frequency of consumption sources of food methods of cooking and methods of food preservation. The finding found that gender age and BMI were related with food consumption. However cooking (boiling) was not related with statistically significant level at .05.

The research objectives were aimed to explore the tendency of life quality improvement for the senior people analyze the community leader’s perspectives towards life quality improvement for the senior people and set up as well as observe developing trends towards elderly quality of life for accommodating to ageing society : Ban Jumrung Community Rayong Province. The samples were nine persons purposively selected from relevant experts and skillful people in the community. Tomas T. Macmillan’s Delphi Technique was applied at the standard error of 0.04. The data were collected three times repeatedly and analyzed by Descriptive statistics. The study results revealed that relevant experts and skillful people in the community accordingly agreed (IR  1.50 และ IOC  0.50). The study results would be applied to design plans to construct training patterns to improve life quality for the senior peoplein Ban Jumrung Community Rayong Province. In addition obtained the training pattern could also be used with other neighboring communities as strategic plans for the near future of national life quality improvement for aging society.