The Public Private Partnerships in Elderly Welfare Provided in Thailand

Abstract

The main objective of this research is to study the guidelines for creating a partnership between the government and the private sector in the provision of elderly welfare in Thailand by using a combination of research to collect data from 17 in-depth interviews and group discussions from 15 elderly persons in each province. While quantitative studies, the research team collected data from 2,044 elderly from the sample provinces. The results showed that the regulations, policies and guidelines relating to the creation of partnership between the public and private sectors in the provision of elderly welfare in Thailand are distributed in many agencies without integration. Therefore, it should be specific laws which will make the operation possible. Welfare that the elderly want from the creation of a partnership between the public and private sectors are an employment, medical treatment and housing. Factors affecting the success of establishing a partnership between the public and private sectors in providing welfare for the elderly. It was found variables that were studied were 37.1 percent (R2 = 0.371). The study found that only 4 factors affected overall success include Private sector operations, Public sector operations, Management and Cooperation from all sectors with statistical significance at 0.001. However qualitative research has indicated that government operations are another important factor as well. The guidelines for creating a partnership between the government and the private sector in the provision of elderly welfare are integration 5 factors, which are the main components and the supplementary elements, tax incentive measures and economic stimulation.