Exploring the Impact of Educational Activities for the Welfare of the Village Community on the Promotion of Elderly's Lifestyle Attitude and Happiness

Purpose: The study explores the impact of educational activities for the community welfare on the elderly’s lifestyle and happiness. Method: County officials, education staff, and researchers worked together to develop a program and operate it for the 21 elderly. Results: First, we developed lesson plans and teaching media for educational activities for the welfare of village communities targeting the elderly. Second, the education program for village community welfare had an impact on improving the elderly's life virtues of self-respect, consideration/communication, and responsibility (t=13.61, p<.001), and improved the happiness of the elderly (t=6.24, p<.001). Conclusion: The results of the study can be used as an example to develop, implement, and verify the effectiveness of programs for village community welfare.