Elders, Leisure Time. Utilization of leisure time is quite essential for the eldres’ life. Those activities may diminish and even eliminate the sense of incompetency and adjancent to it, the ability to perform this activities also promoting a comfort life condition. The research aimed to reveal the utilization of leisure time in the elders’ daily routine. The research was conducted in Kedung Gobyak Community Health Centre, Sobokerto, Ngemplak, Boyolali. A qualitative designed research which involving elder population in surounding area of Kedung Gobyak Community Health Centre, Sobokerto, Ngemplak, Boyolali. Five elders were chosen as part of purposive sampling technique continued with data collection process trough in-depth interview, subjects’ observation and documentation. Thematic data analysis was used as the data analysis method according to each founded themes. The research depicts the various activities of the elders’ during their leisure time such as sedentary activities (watching electronic media of entertainment, relaxation or sitting back without doing any activities), chatting or mingle with peers, light exercise, joining the community events and mild activities. Most of the respondents reported sitting back as their first preference. The utilization of leisure time is principal and valuable for elders to support their performance in the daily routine.

Abstrack : Leisure Activities, Quality Of Life, Stroke. Stroke can cause impairment, disabilities and handicap so that patients will have difficulty in performing daily life activities, including self-care, productivity and leisure. It will cause decrease the patient quality of life. This study aims to determine the effect of leisure activities on the quality of life of Post-Stroke Patients. This study is an experiment with methods of the one group pretest-posttest design. Sampling was done by purposive sampling, with the number of samples of 25 stroke patients, at Ngemplak Boyolali District. The results showed that there was a possibility of the activity of leisure activity on the quality of life Post Stroke, significantly with the value of p = 0,002 (physical health), p = 0,001 (psychological), p = 0,001 (social relation), and p = 0,000 (environment). Based on age, the number of respondents is the final elderly of 11 people (44%), male sex is 16 people (64%), marital status 20 people (80%) married / have spouse, most respondents are 8 people 32%) did not work, and large respondents suffered stroke over 24 months as many as 10 people (40%). The implication of this research is that leisure activities can be used as an alternative method in the treatment of occupational therapy in stroke patients

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An older person with dementia often has deterioration in cognitive functions, which may lead to difficulty performing daily activities. One of the best non-pharmacological treatments for dementia is Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST), developed in the United Kingdom. The aim of the study is to determine the effect the Cognitive Stimulation Therapy – Malaysian version (CST-M) on cognitive functions. The results of this randomised controlled trial indicate a significant difference in cognitive functions among participants in the experimental group. The use of CST-M should be encourage as a standard treatment for older person with dementia in Malaysia.   Keywords: Cognitive Stimulation Therapy; Older people; Mild dementia eISSN: 2398-4287 © 2022. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians/Africans/Arabians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI:

Populasi lansia meningkat secara signifikan hampir di semua negara. Akan tetapi peningkatan  prevalensi dan angka harapan hidup yang lebih panjang tidak selalu diikuti dengan kualitas hidup yang lebih baik. Pemanfaatan waktu luang telah digunakan dalam berbagai penelitian baik didalam dan diluar negeri serta telah terbukti bermanfaat untuk meningkatkan kualitas hidup lansia. Penelitian ini bertujuan mengetahui hubungan partisipasi pemanfaatan waktu luang dengan kualitas hidup lanjut usia. Teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan kuesioner yang dilakukan pada 30 orang lansia di paguyuban lansia di Desa Kemiri Kebakkramat Karanganyar. Waktu pelaksanaan penelitian dari bulan Pebruari sampai dengan Oktober 2022. Cara pengumpulan data menggunakan metode cross sectional. Teknik analisis data kuantitif menggunakan chi-square. Hasil analisis data statistik diperoleh p<0.001. Dengan demikian dapat disimpulkan bahwa terdapat hubungan positif antara pemanfaatan waktu luang untuk dengan kualitas hidup lanjut usia. Oleh karena itu partisipasi pemanfaatan waktu luang pada lansia dapat direkomendasikan untuk untuk meningkatkan kualitas hidup lansia