This article was aimed at the meaning, background and the model to organize social
welfare of aging people in Thailand. The meaning “Social Welfare” in several aspects can be
concluded that the system of social service about the defending, solving problem,
developing and encouraging social stability in order to respond foundation necessity of
people. Helping them to have good quality of life and to be rely on themselves thoroughly.
It’ll be fair and standardized about education, healthiness, residence, work, income,
recreation, justice process and general social services. Being done by considering dignity and
humanity of the rights they must receive. And they can participate in every kind of social
welfare in every level. Social welfare organization in Thailand is initiated from assistance
system informally inside their families, relatives and communities. Later, the changing of
economics, social and politics cause direction of giving service into integration welfare and to
be social welfare. Nowadays, there are four forms of social welfare for the aging people in
Thailand: social security, public assistance, social service and the assistance of people sector.
In addition, the findings from the study are that social welfare organization for Thai aging
people encounters a lot of problems and obstacles such as 1) lack of integration continually
which means that there is separation between health and social work spreading
responsibilities in many sectors. 2) lack of implementing appropriate policy. 3) Insufficiency of
budget and lack of personnel in charging of aging people. And 4) social welfare organized by
government is not enough for aging people’s need and cannot respond all the problem of
aging people. But the main issue is that their descendants and people in their families don’t
have enough awareness for them. In conclusion, we can say that social welfare organization
for aging people must have the integration from several sectors : public sector, private sector
and people sector in order to support the increased continually of aging people to have the
good quality of life and to be valuable persons of the social and nation as well.