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Abstract—This research was a quasi-experimental research that aimed to 1) study the results of the
Elderly Caregiver Training Program, and 2) comprehend the attitudes of participants trained in the Elderly
Caregiver Program towards the elderly person. The samples used in the research were 30 elderly caregivers
who work in Samut Songkhram Province. Experimental method was designed by One Group Pre and Post-test
Design. The research tools were divided into 3 parts as follows: 1) 80 hours training course for elderly
caregiver, 2) Form of Knowledge-Attitude-Practice (KAP), and 3) Elderly Caregiver Attitude Survey. Data
collections were recorded in three periods of pre-training (before training), after training and repeat after 2
weeks training. For Pre-training, the elderly caregivers had to perform the Form of KAP, then continually train
80 hours length. After 80 hours training, the elderly caregivers had to promptly complete the Post-test of KAP,
and repeat again in the next 2 weeks. Statistics analysis employed in this research was the percentage, mean,
standard deviation and Pair t-test. The results of this research were identified as follows. 1.) 73.4% of the
elderly caregivers before training had knowledge about the elderly care in the moderate level. However, after
training, the scores of Post-test were informed that 100% of all participants had been reached to the high level.
Repeatedly, 53.3% of the elderly caregivers had scores of repeated Post-test in the high level. 2. ) The
differences of score between pre-test and post-test after training were statistically significant at .01 level in
accordance with pre-test compared with post-test after 2 weeks. 3.) The differences of attitude of the elderly
caregivers towards the elderly person between pre-training and post-training were statistically significant at .01 leve |