Thailand prepares systematic plan for elderly care

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BANGKOK (NNT) - Elderly care experts have introduced systematic care for the elderly using medical personnel including physical therapists, rehabilitation medicine practitioners and Thai traditional medicine practitioners because most elderly people have health problems.

 

At a forum on the steering of policies for an improved quality of life for the elderly, organized by the Foundation of Thai Gerontology Research and Development Institute, in collaboration with the Office of Health Promotion Fund and Faculty of Medicine, ThaiHealth and the Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, representatives of various agencies were invited to exchange knowledge on improving the quality of life of the elderly. Professor Dr Sirinthon Chansirikanchana, a geriatric syndrome specialist from Ramathibodi Hospital, said it is expected that by 2021, the number of the elderly will account for 20 percent of the total population and in 2031, the number of the elderly will reach 28 percent.

 

Most of them have health problems including non-communicable diseases and diseases that occurred before entering old age as a result of having no protection in the first place. These include ear diseases, eye diseases and oral diseases. The participants remarked that if the elderly receive good care, it is likely that they will soon have no physical defects.

They presented the elderly care system consisting of a plan to provide care for terminally-ill patients, manage intermediate care, offer physiotherapy and placement of personnel to care for the patients. The personnel needed include physiotherapists, occupational therapists, rehabilitation medicine practitioners and Thai traditional medicine practitioners.

 

-- © Copyright NNT 2019-09-29

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Great, lets hope its not run by the government or the elderly will see no help at all. Example.. Why have none of the orbator offices that were skimming the elderly allowance been arrested or even just sacked yet?

From memory it was only a handful of offices nationwide that werent skimming which is jaw dropping.

like in Chiangmai where a "geriatric center" has a geriatric specialist show up once a week so they can call it that, but is actually a special portal for Suandok... without the long waits plus some of it's own testing and a nice clinic. but only for civil service. those kinds of "systems" because we know it can't involve any type of software type "systems".  yes?

Edited September 29, 20196 yr by WeekendRaider

This is only for Thais; geriatric ex-pats will continue to be abused by Immigration Officers; police; Thai wives; Thai lawyers; Thai Auditors; and wherever racist policies are allowed to flourish.

What the elderly in Thailand need is a social security system that doesn't put the burden of support on their children. Another archaic tradition that needs to go. Please don't tell me the monthly pittance they're given now counts as that. My son back home does not support me and he will never have to.

"The personnel needed include physiotherapists, occupational therapists, rehabilitation medicine practitioners and Thai traditional medicine practitioners."

 

The one glaring omission appears to be palliative care (Each year, an estimated 40 million people are in need of palliative care, 78% of them people live in low- and middle-income countries), the use of qualified pharmacists, and specially trained nurses, assistants and other necessary service providers. I doubt there is any program within Thailand which addresses this issue. 

 

This appears to be another example of providing needed services, without any consideration to what is necessary to implement those service.

Edited September 29, 20196 yr by jaltsc

Thailand always has a plan to solve things.  Great at plans.

Actually carrying through is another matter.  Especially, if the plan has been successful in western countries, no place for it here.

 

Changing something is thought to be admitting that it was bad or wrong before.  Can't do that so little is ever changed.

 

A beautiful country culture and people without guidance.

The health and quality of life of pensioners and seniors, starts with a decent pension. This is not the case in Thailand.

Systematic and Thailand in the same sentence are not two words anyone can really take seriously unless the sentence also includes Corruption or maybe Incompetence.

 

Good ambition but the country can hardly organize anything larger than building a mall.

54 minutes ago, nickstav said:

What the elderly in Thailand need is a social security system that doesn't put the burden of support on their children. Another archaic tradition that needs to go. Please don't tell me the monthly pittance they're given now counts as that. My son back home does not support me and he will never have to.

i think a a person over 60 receives 500 or 600 baht per month....small money to live on !!!

i read systematic and think extermination

1 hour ago, Fex Bluse said:

Systematic and Thailand in the same sentence are not two words anyone can really take seriously unless the sentence also includes Corruption or maybe Incompetence.

 

Good ambition but the country can hardly organize anything larger than building a mall.

I dont think incompetence is the word, replace with lazy and in many cases totally competent at the corruption

Doubling the old age pension to 1400baht a month would help a lot  of old people feel more comfortable and independent.   And adding free dental care.  The number of old people with really bad teeth is astounding. That would take some pressure off families as well.

Thailand prepares systematic plan for elderly care

Didn't realise icebergs drifted this far.

5 hours ago, rooster59 said:

improving the quality of life of the elderly.

Certainly the first steps to take are:
1. Decrease the 2.5 particles.
2. To reduce the deafening noises generated by vehicles that are not in order, by festivities celebrated by temples, by street vendors who very aggressively advertise their products and finally by the characters who without any respect listen to radio / TV or other noise sources at maximum volume.

every village pu yai gets an M16 ?

12 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Thailand prepares systematic plan for elderly care

We have to go to Switzerland for that care from the UK !

8 hours ago, 30la said:

Certainly the first steps to take are:
1. Decrease the 2.5 particles.
2. To reduce the deafening noises generated by vehicles that are not in order, by festivities celebrated by temples, by street vendors who very aggressively advertise their products and finally by the characters who without any respect listen to radio / TV or other noise sources at maximum volume.

Sorry I ain't turning my TV down for nobody lol ????

if it all gets too hard for the system to handle...

 

 -  there is always Soylent Green

11 hours ago, jaltsc said:

 

The one glaring omission appears to be palliative care (Each year, an estimated 40 million people are in need of palliative care, 78% of them people live in low- and middle-income countries), the use of qualified pharmacists, and specially trained nurses, assistants and other necessary service providers. I doubt there is any program within Thailand which addresses this issue. 

 

This appears to be another example of providing needed services, without any consideration to what is necessary to implement those service.

 

This is a government news release. I don't believe they're actually doing any of the stuff they're talking about in the release on any kind of broad or widely available basis, if at all. I would imagine, they're simply talking about the need to do the stuff they're only talking about.

 

But as regards your comment on palliative care, they did at least mention the following:

 

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They presented the elderly care system consisting of a plan to provide care for terminally-ill patients,

 

Big on plans. Not so big on actually accomplishing them.