Abstract
The family has a very important duty in elder care. In the process of getting older, a person experiences a physical, mental and social setback little by little until he cannot perform his daily tasks again. Therefore, the implementation of family duties must be optimized so that the elderly can live independently and productively in the conditions. The purpose of this study is to analyze the relationship between family duties in caring for elderly with the level of independence of elderly in everyday life activities in Sumolawang hamlet Sumolawang village, Mojokerto regency. In this study, the population is family and elderly in Sumolawang hamlet Sumolawang village, Mojokerto regency and the sample is family and elderly who have fulfilled inclusion criteria amounting to 35 people. The sample selection was done by a nonprobability sampling of purposive sampling type and in collecting data was used instrument questionnaire sheet for family duty in caring for elderly and Katz index observation sheet for the level of independence of elderly in daily life activity. The result of data analysis using SPSS chi-square test (c2) obtained value (0,607)> a (0,05), which means there is no relation between family duty in caring elderly with the level of independence of elderly in daily life activity in Sumolawang hamlet Sumolawang village, Mojokerto regency. This is due to a different understanding of the elderly in accepting the implementation of maintenance tasks of his family. Efforts to prevent the occurrence of dependence on the elderly can be done by improving the implementation of family duties in caring for the elderly.
 Keywords: Family Duties, Degree of Independence Elderly
 The family has a very important duty in elder care. In the process of getting older, a person experiences a physical, mental and social setback little by little until he cannot perform his daily tasks again. Therefore, the implementation of family duties must be optimized so that the elderly can live independently and productively in the conditions. The purpose of this study is to analyze the relationship between family duties in caring for elderly with the level of independence of elderly in everyday life activities in Sumolawang hamlet Sumolawang village, Mojokerto regency. In this study, the population is family and elderly in Sumolawang hamlet Sumolawang village, Mojokerto regency and the sample is family and elderly who have fulfilled inclusion criteria amounting to 35 people. The sample selection was done by a nonprobability sampling of purposive sampling type and in collecting data was used instrument questionnaire sheet for family duty in caring for elderly and Katz index observation sheet for the level of independence of elderly in daily life activity. The result of data analysis using SPSS chi-square test (c2) obtained value (0,607)> a (0,05), which means there is no relation between family duty in caring elderly with the level of independence of elderly in daily life activity in Sumolawang hamlet Sumolawang village, Mojokerto regency. This is due to a different understanding of the elderly in accepting the implementation of maintenance tasks of his family. Efforts to prevent the occurrence of dependence on the elderly can be done by improving the implementation of family duties in caring for the elderly.
Highlights
Is a period of illness that will affect the activities of his life, especially in self-reliance
There are many restrictions on the level of independence of the elderly in daily living activities by the family, among others: restrictions on doing homework, such as washing clothes, cooking, cleaning the room, shopping and using public transportation so as to make the level the independence of the elderly in the activities of everyday life becomes dependent on the family.In Indonesia according to the census in 2000
The result of data analysis in this study is in accordance with the existing theory that there is no significant relationship between family duties in caring elderly with the level of independence of elderly in the activities of daily living
Summary
Is a period of illness that will affect the activities of his life, especially in self-reliance. Everyone will experience the process of growing old and old age is the last human lifetime, which at this time a person experiencing physical, mental and social degeneration little by little until no and decline. Aging causes a decrease in motor responses in the central nervous system so that the elderly experience a decline in functional motion either mobility or selfcare capabilities that include decreased ability of daily life activities (Pudjiastuti, 2003). It is estimated that the number of elderly people increases to 9.99% of the total population (22,277,700 inhabitants) with 65-70 years life expectancy which individually causes many physical, biological, mental and social problems
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