| dc.description.abstract | Life expectation rate of Indonesian older people increases. It is one
the succes regarding the health care system represented by the establishment
of integrated service site (POSYANDU) for elderly as a health service
chamber targeted to older people, including one in Sruni (POSYANDU Lansia
Sruni). Based on a survey carried out in the beginning of March 2004,
the amount of older people in Sruni are 40 people. The POSYANDU in this
village doesn’t have an organization structure. It is run by only one activist.
The programmes run in this institution include such service like: body
weighing, arterial pulse check, blood tension check, free medical treatment
and religious elucidation. At the time of the survey, some symptoms related
to physical health were found including: fatigue, muscle pain, unfit body,
etc. They resulted in the decrease of the older people’s daily activities and
health quality. The objectives of this project were to deliver elucidation
as a mental support to the elderly in order to make their elderly life healthy
and happy as well and to give them a training on mild physical exercises,
i.e. gymnastics for elderly, to keep them fit. The targets of the elucidation
and physical exercise training were older people who attended POSYANDU
Lansia in Sruni Village. The form of the activities were religious elucidations
and physical exercises carried out locally in Sruni with intersectoral
approach. The result of the programme were the decrease of the elderly’s
physical symptom which caused improvement on their health in elderly
life and addition on religious understanding which caused increase on
their faith and belief in God. | en_US |
