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Abstract
The purpose of this qualitative research wasto study the quality of life of resident
elderly foreigner in Surin province. The sample studied was 30 resident elderly foreigners.
They were selected through a purposive sampling method. The instruments consisted of
an interviewing form, which was reliable in significant statistic at .05 (I.O.C. formula)
The qualitative data was analyzed through content analysis. The results revealed
that the samples had two domains; external domain and internal domain. The external
domain included economic, cultural social, knowledge, environment, and social welfare.
The internal domain included physical health, mental health, and behavioral health. The
overall opinion was that most agree in health, and social culture.So, the resident elderly
foreigner needs to be encouraged to have annual health checking, activities participation,
social role promotion, environmental cleaning, and providing social welfarejust as Thai
people. Academic officers and government can use all of these suggestions for greater
efficiency.