Study of the Level of Knowledge of Elderly Posyandu Cadres “Bougenvile” On Degenerative Diseases in the Iroyudan Bantul Community

The definition of degenerative disease is generally said that this disease is a process of decline in the function of organs that generally occurs in old age. Degenerative disease is one of the diseases often suffered by the elderly. Usually included in the elderly category between 45 years and 70 years. The elderly are more susceptible to degenerative diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, and end up with complications. It tends to be more likely that the elderly are affected by degenerative diseases because they don't really know how to handle them and cure them. This study aims to determine the level of knowledge of cadres and members of the elderly posyandu “bougenville”. This posyandu consists of posyandu cadres and posyandu members who have an age range between 45 years and 70 years and above. There are 144 members of the elderly posyandu “bougenvile”. This study uses a purpose sampling technique by taking several samples to be studied. This research is descriptive type by distributing prestest and post test questionnaires.From the results of this study explain that knowledge has increased significantly to the level of knowledge of elderly cadres and elderly posyandu “bougenvile” experiencing changes in knowledge improvement from the prestest “less” from 30% to 20%, the category “Enough” from 23% to 27%, the category “Good” from 37% to 40%, and the category “Excellent” from 7% to 10%. With this, the average increase in knowledge increased by 3% in each category. Hence it can be concluded that the delivery of degenerative disease material can increase the level of knowledge of elderly cadres and elderly posyandu “bougenvile” in iroyudan, Bantul, Yogyakarta.