Effectiveness Of The Elderly Caring Model As An Intervention To Prevent The Neglect Of The Elderly In The Family
Artikel Ilmiah
Published 2019
Ns. Ezalina, S.kep, M.kes
KARYA ILMIAH
BACKGROUND: The increasing number of older people is racing against diseases and problems that
accompany the elderly, so it is very important to check the care of the elderly. Family concern as a caregiver is
needed in carrying out care for the elderly to ensure that the elderly are not neglected.
AIM: The study aims to determine the effectiveness of the elderly caring model as an intervention to prevent the
neglect of the elderly in the family.
MATERIAL AND METHODS: The quasi-experimental design with the pre-control group non-equivalent test posttest was the provision of training in the elderly caring model by comparing 2 groups namely the intervention group
using the module and control group without using the module. The sample is a family that has an elderly (age ≥
60 years) who are the main caregivers of the elderly with a total of 50 people each for each group taken by
multistage cluster sampling. Data collection through questionnaires to determine the variables of family older
people about family support, family health assignments, social relations, and elderly social activities and
preventive behavior of elderly neglect. Data analysis used the independent sample t-test and general linear model
report measure (GLM-RM) test for repeated measurements.
RESULTS: The results showed that there was an influence of the caring elderly model on increasing family
support in the elderly, increasing family health duties on the elderly towards increasing social relations and social
activities in the elderly and neglecting the neglect behaviour of the elderly in the family (p-value = 0,000). Improve
the behaviour of preventing neglect of the elderly in the family compared to groups that do not use modules where
the value of p = 0,000.