Family Members’ Focus Group: Two focus groups, of 10 family members each, were held to identify what they believed were the: needs of their elders; roles they assumed in providing care of their elders; and, type of assistance they required when providing care for their elders. A number of them expressed that, within the Thai culture, elders expect, and often need, especially when they are ill and/or dependent upon others for care, to spend their later years with their family. Within the Thai culture, it is traditional for adult children to believe they have an ethical and moral obligation to their parents to provide for their care and safety.12, 13, 15, 16 The adult children, in this study, felt, by providing care for their elderly parents, they were able to express their personal gratitude for what their parents had done for them
Family Members’ Focus Group: Two focus groups, of 10 family members each, were held to identify what they believed were the: needs of their elders; roles they assumed in providing care of their elders; and, type of assistance they required when providing care for their elders. A number of them expressed that, within the Thai culture, elders expect, and often need, especially when they are ill and/or dependent upon others for care, to spend their later years with their family. Within the Thai culture, it is traditional for adult children to believe they have an ethical and moral obligation to their parents to provide for their care and safety.12, 13, 15, 16 The adult children, in this study, felt, by providing care for their elderly parents, they were able to express their personal gratitude for what their parents had done for them
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