The Improvement of the Quality of Life of the Elderly People Joining in the Insight Meditation Retreat Project

Abstract

This Article’s name is the Improvement of the quality of life of the elderly people joining in the insight meditation retreat project. This Article has the objective ; to study the results of the improvement of the quality of life of (QoL) the elderly people who participated in the program of meditation practice. Research methodology was quasi experimental research, by studying the concept of the meditation practice in the Three Baskets and studying how to improve the QoL. The researcher collected data from 43 elderlies that practiced in the project of 5 Vipassana Meditation centres. The exemplary group must practice Vipassana Meditation for 7 days. The method was to get the exemplary group to go through Thai Depression Inventory evaluation and the Medical Outcomes Short Form 36, the exemplary group was then measure blood pressures (BP) and the pulses before and after participating. The statistical package was used in analyzing the results of the data. The results of this study showed : The BP and pulse statistically reduced significantly. In terms of depression reduced significantly. In terms of QoL had experience significant better in every dimension