Agency, Society and Culture: Condition Promoting Active Ageing in Older Persons in Chiang Mai

Authors

  • Patrapan Tamdee , Faculty of Social Sciences, Kasetsart University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.61462/cujss.v47i2.774

Keywords:

agency, active ageing, Chiang Mai older persons

Abstract

This qualitative research aimed to explore the conditions which could promote active ageing in older persons. The case study collected data from older persons deemed to have had experiences of active ageing in a community in Chiang Mai Province. By using purposive sampling and snowball methods in the community, a sample of 15 was arrived at. In-depth interview and non-participatory observation were used in data collection and content analysis was done to analyze the empirical data to come up with the main points. It was found that the “social” and “cultural” contexts, of solidarity, helpfulness and self-sufficiency, were the most important conditions. These, when combined with the older person’s “agency”, of readiness to learn and self-pride or self-respect, promoted active ageing in them. Therefore, in encouraging active ageing, all these dimensions should be integrated together in the project on activities and be coupled with community strengthening such that families and the community come to participate in the process of sustainable active ageing.

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Published

20-09-2022

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Tamdee, Patrapan. 2022. “Agency, Society and Culture: Condition Promoting Active Ageing in Older Persons in Chiang Mai”. Chulalongkorn University Journal of Social Sciences 47 (2). Bangkok, Thailand:109-32. https://doi.org/10.61462/cujss.v47i2.774.

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Vol. 47 No. 2 (2017): July - December

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