Abstract:
Objectives: The aim of this research was for study nursing service for long stay health care residents towards the world class health care center, private hospitals. Subjects: Seventeen experts were collected by snowball technique. Design and setting: The three rounds Delphi technique was performed by using an expert group. Initially, Literature review to analyze for conceptual research framework. Subsequently, the Delphi technique was included in-depth interviews, involving seventeen experts, the 2nd and 3rd round were collected the data by using questionnaire to elicit their levels of agreement in each revision from the previous round on a rating scale. The selected indicators were based on a median of appropriateness and practicality (Md >3.50, IR <1.50).
Research findings were as follows: 1. Nursing service for physical health promotion, such as physical checkup, home health, heath consulting service, provision of nursing service, assistant services, healthy foods, Thai massage and spa service, exercise training and physical therapy service. 2. Nursing service for mental health promotion, such as meditation classes, musical therapy, health tourism, bibliotheraphy and recreation activities. 3. Nursing service for social activities, such as health promotion club, cultural exchange, computer and internet access service, international call service, visa renewal service, air ticket service, document translation and interpreter services. 4. Nursing service for spiritual, covering different religions such as, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, etc. 5. Nursing service for safety improvement, such as in-house nursing service, emergency alarm, medical network with nearby hospitals and safety environment.