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Effects of a Caregivers’ Competencies Enhancing Program in Caring for Elderly
Persons with Bed-ridden in Communities

R. Narin and W. Suthakorn 1
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Faculty of Nursing, Department of Public Health, Chaing Mai University, Thailand

Background: Care of eldery person with bed-ridden has impacts on clients’ outcomes and their
quality of life. Caregiver play a vital role in caring and supporting elderly individuals with such
dependency needs. Thus, caregivers’ competencies are important for providing long term care
for elderly persons with bed-ridden in communities. Enhancing program can facilitate succesful
caregiving through understanding of a caregiver’s competencies and goals.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the effects of a caregivers’ competencies enhancing
program in caring for eldery persons with bed-ridden in communities.

Methods: The study was conducted in 5 communities, Chiang Mai from July to December 2023. The 42
caregivers who undergo a 70-hour training course by the Department of Health, MoPH were selected
by purposive sampling. The 30-hour of Caregivers’ Competencies Enhancing Program utilizing
technology and innovation was developed by using community participation concept.Data were
collected through focus group discussions, in-depth interviews, and questionnaires. The data were
analyzed with descriptive, pair t–test statistics, synthesized, and summarized to draw conclusions.

Results: The results showed that the participants had mean scores of the knowledge and practices
in caring for elderly persons with bed-ridden in communities than befire receiving the 30-hour of
caregivers’ competencies enhancing program utilizing technology and innovation (p<0.05).

Oral Presentation Abstracts
Conclusion: The results revealed that a 30-hour of caregivers’ competencies enhancing program
utilizing technology and innoation including manuals, caregiver4.0 application, video, learning
activities, and devices to complement the program can be used as a guideline to promote
caregivers’ competencies in caring for elderly persons with bed-ridden in communities in order to
enhance knowledge, ability and confidence of caregivers for taking care of elderly persons with
bed-ridden effectively and efficient. A significant development was also the establishment of an
operational reserch agreement network under a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) from 5
settings.

Keywords: caregiver, elderly, bedridden, competency, community

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Correspondence: Rangsiya Narin, Faculty of Nursing, Department of Public Health, Chaing Mai
university, Thailand
E-mail: rangsiya.n@cmu.ac.th

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