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Abstract
Thailand is the second most rapidly ageing of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries. With this rapid pace of population ageing, the demand for long-term care has increased. Due to lower fertility and migration of adult children, the availability of children as a main source of long-term care has been reduced. In order to retain the traditional lifestyle of ageing-in-place, community-based integrated long-term care has been implemented as an alternative approach in Thailand. The development of such community-based care and its challenges can be used as a lesson for other ASEAN countries in confronting ageing societies.
Notes
1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (http://www.cdc.gov/healthy Places Terminology.htm.
2. The number of years of dependency at aged 80+ was calculated from life expectancy minus active life expectancy at aged 80+. It was calculated separately for males and females
3. Sub-district administrative organisations are government organisations at the local level according to the concept of decentralisation in the National Government Organisation Act 1991. The sub-district organisations are responsible for community-based long-term care for elderly people.
4. These stakeholders in local community includes as community or local government leaders, administrative staff of local hospitals or other governmental organisations in local areas, health/elderly care volunteers, and leaders of older people.