A study of elderly welfare by comparing private and public retirement homes: A case study in Bangkok

Business and Economic Horizons Pub Date : 2018-01-01 DOI:10.15208/beh.2018.19

Nattaya Prapaipanich

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This study assessed the subjective well-being (SWB), or welfare, of the elderly in retirement homes in Bangkok, and examined related factors, particularly from the perspective of happiness economics, since the empirical evidence in this aspect is still limited. Primary data was collected by distributing questionnaires and carrying out in-depth interviews between August 2017 and November 2017. In total, 120 participants were included, of which 60 persons were from public retirement homes (44 women and 16 men) and 60 persons from private retirement homes (40 women and 20 men). The cross-sectional data were analyzed using standard descriptive statistics and estimations of logit regressions. The logit regression results reveal that the following were positively related with SWB/welfare in all regressions as hypothesized: a short distance between the retirement home and a temple/hospital, a retirement home located in the participant’s hometown, and interest in obtaining free college courses. Meanwhile, the coefficients on the need for a higher number of care staff were negative. Among the control variables, being female, being older, completing secondary school, and having plenty of money to spend were strongly and positively associated with SWB/welfare. It was noteworthy that receiving a total Barthel ADL index scores of more than 10 and having family and friends visit regularly (once or a few times a week) played an important role in increasing participants’ SWB/welfare in both public and private retirement homes.

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通过比较私人和公共养老院对老年人福利的研究:以曼谷为例

本研究评估了曼谷养老院老年人的主观幸福感(SWB)或福利，并检查了相关因素，特别是从幸福经济学的角度来看，因为这方面的经验证据仍然有限。在2017年8月至2017年11月期间，通过发放问卷和进行深度访谈来收集原始数据。调查共包括120名参与者，其中60名来自公立养老院(44名女性和16名男性)，60名来自私立养老院(40名女性和20名男性)。使用标准描述性统计和logit回归估计对截面数据进行分析。logit回归结果显示，在假设的所有回归中，以下因素与SWB/福利呈正相关:养老院与寺庙/医院的距离较近，养老院位于参与者的家乡，以及获得免费大学课程的兴趣。同时，需要更多护理人员的系数为负。在控制变量中，女性、年龄、中学毕业程度和有足够的钱与SWB/福利有强烈的正相关。值得注意的是，在公共和私人养老院中，Barthel ADL指数总分超过10分，并有家人和朋友定期来访(每周一次或几次)，在提高参与者的SWB/福利方面发挥了重要作用。

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