Dukungan Keluarga terhadap Penderita Demensia di Bandung

Abstract

Abstract
 Family members are primarily responsible for the care of loved ones with dementia. Family support and living with people with dementia are cultural norms that are expected in Indonesia, where family members with dementia are considered family responsibilities that must be fulfilled. The purpose of this study: to find out Family Support for Dementia sufferers. Quantitative descriptive with cross sectional design. The study was conducted in the city of Bandung with a population of 41 respondents and a sample of (n = 41) primary caregivers / families who care for dementia patients, sampling with total sampling. Family support based on education in the good category (68.3%) and not good 13 respondents (31.7%), emotional factors in the good category 26 respondents (63.4%) and not good 15 respondents (36, 6%), based on spiritual in the good category of 24 respondents (58.5%) and not good 17 respondents (43.9%), social and psychological factors are in the good category 26 respondents (63.4%) and not good 15 respondents (36.6%), and the last indicator of economic factors was in the good category of 25 respondents (61.0%) and not good 16 respondents (39.0%). Family support is very important to improve the quality of life of people with dementia, namely support based on educational, psychological / emotional, spiritual, social and environmental and economic factors. Some have provided good support, but there is still support that is not good
 Keywords: 
 Dementia, Family Support, Education, Psychology

Pengaruh Psikoedukasi Terhadap Kemampuan Keluarga Dalam Melakukan Perawatan Demensia Pada Lansia

“…Demensia sebagai sebuah sindroma gangguan kognitif berdampak pada perubahan kemampuan fungsional, perilaku, dan mental individu berinteraksi dalam kehidupan seharihari. Penderita demensia akan mengalami isolasi sosial sehingga berpengaruh pada kualitas hidup (Rahmi & Suryani, 2020). Demensia bersifat irreversible sehingga penderita kehilangan daya ingat dan penurunan intelektual (Ratnawati, 2021).…”

“…Keluarga sebagai primary family caregiver akan memperoleh gambaran secara mendalam terkait kondisi demensia sehingga menimbulkan empati yang membentuk sebuah pondasi dalam melakukan perawatan lansia dengan demensia dirumah (Ibad, 2016). Namun berbagai tantangan akan muncul pada keluarga yang melakukan perawatan lansia dengan demensia dirumah, beberapa diantaranya mengalami keterbatasan pengetahuan dalam merawat, kelelahan, hingga kesulitan mengatasi gejala neuoropsikiatrik yang menghambat lansia dengan demensia melakukan interaksi antar keluarga (Rahmi & Suryani, 2020). Penelitian menemukan bahwa keluarga yang melakukan perawatan lansia demensia dengan berpedoman pada pengalaman tanpa adanya latihan dan bimbingan terstruktur oleh tenaga kesehatan akan mengalami kesulitan (Ibad, 2016).…”