The main objectives of this study are: i) to study the problems and the health management of the elderly in Yang Hom Subdistrict, Khun Tan District, Chiang Rai Province, ii) to create a process of enhancing the health based on Bhavana IV of the elderly in Yang Hom Subdistrict, Khun District Tan, Chiang Rai Province, and iii) to analyze the process of enhancing the health based on Bhavana IV of the elderly in Yang Hom Subdistrict, Khun Tan District, Chiang Rai Province. The qualitative research was carried out in this study by collecting data from 23 key informants who are related to the elderly through in-depth interview. The gathered data were analyzed by interpretive method.

The results of the research were concluded as follows: for the state of health problems of the elderly in Yang Hom Subdistrict, Khun Tan District, Chiang Rai Province, there are 4 ways to manage health, namely, i) with regard to physical health management, there is provision of knowledge about physical health care and exercise for the elderly,  ii) mental health management, there are activities to promote strength and encourage morale for the elderly, iii) relating to social health management, there is creation of good interactions with other people in society, and iv) for spiritual health management, activities to strengthen love and pay attention to the elderly were organized. These 4 aspects of health management were organized and administered by government agencies, community and family members of the elderly and the elderly.

2) With regard to the creation of  process for enhancement of health and well-being based on the fourfold Training (Bhavana) of the elderly in Yang Hom Subdistrict, Khun Tan District, Chiang Rai Province, it was observed that i) physical development (Kaya Bhavana), there are activities to develop the elderly to take into account and make themselves good health, ii) moral development (Sila Bhavana),  to develop and encourage the elderly to build relationships between the elderly and society, iii) emotional development (Citta Bhavana),  to develop the spirit of the elderly in two levels: to strengthen and encourage positive attitude for the elderly and inculcate morality in their minds, and iv) intellectual development (Panna Bhavana),  to develop the elderly to be able to learn what they come along worldly and spiritually at the same way.

Summarizing The process of enhancing health and well-being was summarized into 4 types: i) Promotion is to use the physical development to strengthen physical health, the goal is that the elderly must have a good body. ii) Strengthening by using the moral development to strengthen social well-being, the goal is for the elderly to have a good relationship, which is to live together with others in a good society. iii) Prevention using the emotional development to enhance mental health to provide a preventive approach, the goal is that the elderly must have a good thinking through mental training according to the Buddhist guidelines like the basic morality in living together in society. iv) Preparation by using the intellectual development to reinforce spiritual well-being, the goal is for the elderly to understand life through the process of correct thinking.

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