Active ageing has been a rapidly developing field of study in light of the growing population of older people. Acknowledgement of the lack of a counselling program to promote active ageing for the older people in nursing homes led to the development of this study which aims to investigate active ageing of the Thai elderly in a nursing home in addition to promoting active ageing for them through integrative counselling. The study was conducted in a nursing home in Samut Prakan province, Thailand. The integrative counselling program referred to appropriate literature along with implementation of the Satir Model and Motivational Interviewing techniques. An intervention mixed methods design was applied in the study, which consisted of two phases. Phase 1 involved an investigation of the concept of active ageing, based on the context of older people in nursing homes by way of in-depth interviews, involving 5 participants. Phase 2 comprised of an investigation of the effects of an integrative counselling program to promote active ageing for older people in the same nursing home. There was a total of 16 participants in phase 2 which were divided equally into experimental and control groups respectively. Phase 1 of the study showcased qualitative results of the progress of active ageing development in older people that resulted in 4 sub-themes (Health development, spiritual development, active engagement and psychosocial support). Two parameters were used to analyze the results in phase 2. The quantitative results showed that the active ageing score of participants in the experimental arm increased significantly after enrollment (p < 0.05). Furthermore, the experimental group had a higher overall active ageing score in comparison to the control group. Qualitative results of phase 2 elicited factors promoting active ageing in the elderly which included activities, group facilitator and group atmosphere. Both quantitative and qualitative results of phase 2 proved to be significant, showing that the program managed to develop active ageing in participants. Psychologists and multidisciplinary teams looking after older people in nursing homes are able to use this integrative counselling program for development of active ageing in the elderly population.

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旨在促进泰国养老院中老年人主动衰老的综合咨询计划：干预混合方法设计

鉴于老年人口的增长，主动衰老已经成为一个快速发展的研究领域。认识到缺乏辅导计划来促进养老院中老年人的主动衰老，导致了这项研究的发展，该研究旨在调查泰国老人在养老院中的主动衰老，以及通过综合促进老年人的主动衰老。辅导。该研究是在泰国北榄府的疗养院进行的。综合咨询计划参考了适当的文献，并实施了Satir模型和动机访谈技术。本研究采用干预混合方法设计，包括两个阶段。第1阶段涉及对主动老龄化概念的调查，根据老年人在养老院中的情况，通过5位参与者的深入访谈。第二阶段包括对综合咨询计划的效果进行调查，以促进同一疗养院中老年人的主动衰老。第二阶段共有16位参与者，分别分为实验组和对照组。该研究的第一阶段展示了老年人积极衰老发展过程的定性结果，该结果导致了四个子主题（健康发展，精神发展，积极参与和社会心理支持）。使用两个参数来分析阶段2的结果。定量结果表明，入组后实验组参与者的活跃衰老得分显着提高（p <0.05）。此外，与对照组相比，实验组的总活跃衰老得分更高。第2阶段的定性结果引发了促进老年人主动衰老的因素，包括活动，团体促进者和团体气氛。第2阶段的定量和定性结果均证明是重要的，表明该计划设法使参与者积极衰老。照顾养老院中老年人的心理学家和多学科团队可以使用这种综合咨询计划来发展老年人口中的主动衰老。第2阶段的定量和定性结果均证明是重要的，表明该计划设法使参与者积极衰老。照顾养老院中老年人的心理学家和多学科团队可以使用这种综合咨询计划来发展老年人口中的主动衰老。第2阶段的定量和定性结果均证明是重要的，表明该计划设法使参与者积极衰老。照顾养老院中老年人的心理学家和多学科团队可以使用这种综合咨询计划来发展老年人口中的主动衰老。