Family Support And Elderly’s Participation In Posyandu Manggis In Biting Village Arjasa Jember

Introduction/Main Objectives: Posyandu for the elderly is one of the Ministry of Health’s policies as a health service in the form of providing elderly-friendly health service facilities to improve the health status and quality of life of elderly. Many elderly ignore the activities. Family support plays an important role in ensuring the elderly receive optimal care and attention. This study aims to analyze correlational between family support and elderly participation to the posyandu. Research Methods: It is a correlational study conducted with cross sectional approach. There were 76 respondents taken by purposive sampling technicque from 318 elderly in Posyandu Manggis Arjasa. The data taken by using Family Support Scale questionnaire and observational sheet to assess the frequency of elderly’s visit to the posyandu. The data analyzed by using Spearman Rank test. Finding/Results: the results show that 55% of respondents have low family support and 68% respondents are not actively coming to the posyandu and statistical analysis show p value of 0.0001 less than p value 0f 0,05 Conclusion: It can be stated that family support is significantly correlate with elderly’s participation to the posyandu. So that the the family need to provide good support to the elderly to motivate them to come to the posyandu.