Högskolan i Skövde

Background In general, activities to promote well being among the elderly in Thailand are not selfinitiated Therefore, older people need to be encouraged to find out how to manage their daily life and activities This study applied the concept of the PDSA wheel Plan Do Study Act in order to enhance their wellbeingThe activity called Lomwong SaansookThai wordsLSmeetings implemented among older adults aged 60 and above The PDSA concepts are used to encourage participants to plan a goal, do it by themselves, and use the group dynamic with other participants in studying evaluating to improve the activities Topics of meetings included health issues, participation, and security related to the active aging concepts Objective To describe older adults¶ perceptions of changes and improvement in their daily lives after participating in LSmeetings Methodology This qualitative study employed the phenomenography method using focus group interviews which were conducted two weeks after four LSmeetings with 15 participants They were divided into two focus groups contained seven and eight participants including males and females Data were collected by field notetaking and video recordingData were analyzed by the multistage coding process to identify themes of description Results The participants described their perceptions of changes and improvements by five themes, including not familiar but possible with supporting, behaviors improving, meaningful knowledge needs, learn with each other, and success factors DiscussionConclusion Thai older people in this area had difficulties to make goals of lifestyle changes by themselves, but it was possible with the support of the moderator As a result, their healthrelated behaviors had improved The examples of a lifestyle change were improvements in fooddrink intake, exercise, and saving money; however, the causes of changing behaviors were not confirmed clearly The important factors of changing behaviors were meaningful new knowledge, group process, support from the moderator, and good relationships with health personnelAccording to the results of this study, it can be concluded that the meeting using the PDSA wheel may be able to use as a guideline providing sustainable activities for Thai older people to encourage improving individual implementation of lifestyle changes, in order to enhance their wellbeing.