Improving the Quality of Human Resources of Abiyoso Elderly Group

Abstract

ABSTRACT. In Dukuh RW 16 village, Gedongkiwo Village, Mantrijeron Kemantren, Yogyakarta City, there is an elderly group of Abiyoso. The group was founded 10 years ago and has about 150 members. However, in the routine activities carried out, only about 40 people were actively involved. Routine activities in the group are elderly Posyandu (Integrated Healthcare Center) . During the COVID-19 Pandemic, the activities of the Abiyoso elderly group were suspended and only became active again in the last 1 year. There were several problems found when the Abdimas team conducted an assessment. The problems include: 1) how to increase the interest of participants to be active and make program innovations. 2) how to actively involve support groups for the elderly, 3) cadres of the elderly group Abiyoso also said that they needed a strengthening and self-development program considering that the program provided from the Puskesmas to cadres was still limited. The community service program aims to optimize the activities of the Abiyoso elderly group and follow up on the previous program. The forms of community service activities carried out are Procurement of Infrastructure Facilities, Education on Physical and Mental Health for the Elderly, and Training of Cadres and Caregivers for the Elderly. The methods used in these activities are lectures and practices. The results of community service activities include increasing the knowledge of the elderly and elderly cadres related to health, as well as increasing the skills of elderly cadres and caregivers on how to provide appropriate psychological support for the elderly.