HP 7.1–7.2 – Work-Life Balance and Healthy Ageing

Healthy University Rating System (HURS)

University : Siam University

Country : Thailand

Web Address : https://sustainability.siam.edu

HP 7 Work-Life Balance and Healthy Ageing

[7.1] Coverage of Work-Life Balance Programs

Description:

Siam University’s Health and Well-being Policy aims to improve the physical and mental health of staff and students. Most work-life balance programmes are run centrally and are open to staff of all 15 faculties and colleges; several faculties also run their own staff activities (Tables HP 7.1.1 and 7.1.3).

Mental health support. Staff can use the Health Center at Building 15 and at the Sports Complex free of charge. For private advice, the Faculty of Nursing’s LINE Official Account connects staff with mental health and psychiatric nursing lecturers for confidential consultation. The Faculty of Pharmacy’s memorandum with the Somdet Chaopraya Institute of Psychiatry supports training and referral.

Health check-ups and healthy living. The Faculty of Nursing provides an annual physical and mental health service for university personnel with individual advice. The BKK Wellness Clinic with Taksin Hospital (16–20 June 2025) offered free health checks and consultations. The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration’s proactive health screening on campus (16–19 June 2025) served 782 people, with 779 blood tests, 654 chest X-rays, 250 EKGs and 274 HPV tests; people with abnormal results were advised by doctors or followed up by telephone (Table HP 7.1.2). On 11 September 2026, 177 people had a chest X-ray on campus: 167 were normal and 3 were advised to see a doctor. The new Dental Center (17 June 2026) promotes oral health for staff, students and the public.

Fitness, relaxation and family support. The Sports Complex has a fitness centre and indoor courts. Each June, staff and students practise yoga and mindfulness on International Day of Yoga (more than 120 faculty members and students in 2025, about 100 participants in 2026). The Sports Complex also runs Cardio HIIT Siam University (“Reduce Belly, Reduce Disease”), a free one-hour cardio and HIIT dance class for staff and students every Tuesday and Thursday at 17.00 on the 3rd floor, led by Ajarn Sompong Boonlam. The class is recorded as a video series that reached Ep.234 on 29 October 2026, with 11 sessions documented from 4 August to 29 October 2026 (Table HP 7.1.4). The University provides group health insurance for staff and students at hospitals near the campus.

Faculty-run programmes. The 2568 budget report shows staff-related activities in 5 faculties, such as the Faculty of Nursing’s “Bind the organization” staff development, the Faculty of Dentistry’s sports relations and New Year activity, and the Faculty of Liberal Arts’ “Dhamma for a Happy Life” (Table HP 7.1.3).

Table HP 7.1.1 – University-wide work-life balance programmes for staff

Table HP 7.1.2 – BMA proactive health screening at Siam University, 16–19 June 2025

Source: daily screening summaries; people with abnormal EKG or critical laboratory results were referred or followed up. Chest X-ray, 11 September 2026: 177 people, 167 normal, 3 advised to see a doctor (aggregate only).

Table HP 7.1.3 – Faculties and their own staff activities

Green: budget used (as at 1 Sep 2026).

Table HP 7.1.4 – Cardio HIIT Siam University sessions, August–October 2026

Source: class videos posted by Ajarn Sompong Boonlam on Facebook (Siam U.Care); views as at 10 November 2026 (“–” = not recorded); sessions are numbered as in the posts. The posts do not give the number of staff and student participants.

[7.2] Comprehensive Healthy Ageing Programs

Description:

Siam University supports healthy and active ageing on campus and in the surrounding Phasi Charoen communities through the Faculties of Nursing, Pharmacy, Communication Arts and Information Technology and the Research Center for Community Development (Table HP 7.2.1).

Awareness. The Faculty of Nursing Elderly Club meets on campus about every two months. In 7 sessions from June 2025 to August 2026, older adults attended 532 times, with 438 attendances by nursing students and 63 by lecturers; sessions combine exercise, health education, screening and social activities, and mean satisfaction was 4.37 out of 5 (Table HP 7.2.2). The Faculty also trains community health leaders and caregivers in elderly care through the “Caregivers in the Digital Era” project, and its Nursing Academic Service Center runs health screening and education for older adults in the community.

Income opportunities. On 15 March 2026 the Faculty of Communication Arts, with the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration and the Thai Health Promotion Foundation, trained older adults in Khan Ruea community to make handicrafts and herbal products and to use digital tools for marketing and sales, so that they can earn more income.

Empowerment. The Phasi Charoen Time Bank of the Research Center for Community Development has supported older residents for seven years and received the 2025 Outstanding Aging Network Organization award from the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security. From 25 August to 10 September 2025 the Faculty of Pharmacy taught the correct use of medicine at elderly care centres, including 80 residents at Bang Khae. The Faculty of Communication Arts works with the Tao Teh Sin Si Elderly Club, and Elderly Club members help run their own club.

Innovation. On 28 September 2026 the Research Center for Community Development launched a pilot digital elderly-care database with the Sirin and Friends and Phun Bamphen communities. It helps community workers identify older, homebound and bedridden people, plan welfare and health support, and coordinate with outside agencies.

Table HP 7.2.1 – Healthy ageing activities in the HURS list

Table HP 7.2.2 – Faculty of Nursing Elderly Club sessions, June 2025 – August 2026

Source: Elderly Club schedules and evaluation reports (attendances per session; satisfaction not rated separately on 25 August 2025).

Summary – HP 7 Work-Life Balance and Healthy Ageing (30 points)

Evidence to attach:

• Health and Well-being Policy: https://sustainability.siam.edu/vision-mission-and-policies-for-sustainable-future/; HR regulations on working hours, leave and family support.

• Sustainability Report 2025–2026, pp. 22–24, 36 and 47–48: https://sustainability.siam.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/SDG_report_2025_2026.pdf; SDG Report 2024–2025, pp. 38 and 46: https://sustainability.siam.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/SDG-report-2024-2025.pdf

• Elderly-care database news: https://siam.edu/siam-university-elderly-database-phasi-charoen-2026/; Faculty of Nursing: https://nursing.siam.edu/

• Cardio HIIT Siam University class videos by Ajarn Sompong Boonlam: https://www.facebook.com/sompong.boonlam/videos/; Ep.234 full class (29 October 2026): https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1F1iZHuVEr/