Course Detail
The course is mainly focus on how Thailand can prepare and manage the rapid increasing of aging population by integrating the two concepts including a healthy aging and health promotion. The course will explain a lifelong process of how to be a healthy ager in Thai context based on their condition whereas the health promotion concept is an essential part of healthy aging. The content is consisted of; 1 Policies, plans and strategies related to healthy aging in Thailand, 2) Roles of all sectors for participation and supporting older persons in Thailand, 3) Aging process and Common geriatric assessment, 4) Health promotion (Nutrition, Exercise, Emotion management) of older persons in Thai context, 5) Integrating Holistic care for Thai older persons and their family. Students will be able to understand, learn, and share the knowledge and know how to promote healthy aging in order to encourage or develop the aging care inside and outside Thai society.