Abstract

Creating healthy, independent, quality and productive older adults can be performed through routine health care efforts, namely the need to pay attention to risk factors to improve the health of the elderly. This study aims to explain the process of empowering the elderly, explain the supporting and inhibiting factors in the process of allowing the elderly, and explain the outcomes of the elderly empowerment program through the posyandu. This qualitative study uses the subject of Posyandu management, posyandu’s cadres for elderly and elderly families. Data analysis is shown in an interactive model by describing complete description data. The results showed that the process of empowering the elderly starts from preparation, assessment, planning alternative programs, formulating action plans, implementation and evaluation; while supporting factors are enthusiastic elderly who are high enough to know the health and support of the elderly family. Awareness is still low even there is a lack of infrastructure. The implication of this research for the field of community empowerment studies is to provide the benefits of preliminary studies for the development of betterquality empowerment models.

Highlights

  • Transform technology in Older adults is shown in various countries in the world, even those who are unproductive according to performance factors sometimes become obstacles for developed countries to evenly

  • The results showed that the process of empowering the elderly starts from preparation, assessment, planning alternative programs, formulating action plans, implementation and evaluation; while supporting factors are enthusiastic elderly who are high enough to know the health and support of the elderly family

  • Empowerment in society is a strategy to support community development and through community empowerment can participate in development (Herawaty & Dalimunthe, 2017)

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Introduction

Transform technology in Older adults is shown in various countries in the world, even those who are unproductive according to performance factors sometimes become obstacles for developed countries to evenly. The scheme of regenerating urban communities is very progressive. It was stated in American reports a financial gain that democracy aims are to supports urbanisation rules (MacLeavy, 2009). The report of a study (Zimmerman, et al, 1992) states that a person’s intrapersonal abilities are affected by the empowerment of psychological aspects of each community group, but this is primarily determined by participation in group activities from each. The empowerment strategy is to foster an identity to loyalty of local community. Locality is the key to mobilization of community development projects (Diyenti, 2019). Referring to the report (Zimmerman et al, 1992) it is necessary to approach the perception of businesses in the community as a positive long-term strengthening process

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