Sociocultural aspects of the aged: A case study in Indonesia

Abikusno, Nugroho

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“…The study showed older informants' conceptualized opinions were based mainly on their sociocultural, socioeconomic and sociogeographical backgrounds. This study was later published (Abikusno and Kusumaratna 2002 ). In the same year Dr Abikusno was also assigned by the UNFPA to facilitate the fi rst edition of the National Plan of Action (NPA) for Older Persons' Welfare and subsequent editions until the present NPA on Older Persons' Welfare period of 2009-2014.…”

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International Perspectives on Older Adult Education

Findsen¹,

Formosa²

2016

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Section: The Inresage Trisakti University Research Institutementioning

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International Perspectives on Older Adult Education

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Formosa²

2016

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“…Other studies related to the health conditions of older Indonesians found that rural aged are predominantly female and significantly older than the urban aged (above 80 years), mostly live alone, are socio-economically disadvantaged, and they experience chronic illnesses and degenerative diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, hypertension, eye complaints and impaired vision, and have stomach problems (Abikusno 2002(Abikusno , 2007Van Eeuwijk 2006).…”

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Ageing in Indonesia – Health Status and Challenges for the Future

2012

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Ageing and problems concerning the aged were until recently the domain of developed countries, but they are now becoming an increasing and alarming reality in developing and underdeveloped countries such as Indonesia. Families and even the nation are facing many challenges relating to support for the elderly. This is because in the past developing policies, and caring for, the elderly were not major priorities of Government as the elderly represented a small percentage of Indonesia's population. One of the challenges impacting on the provision of care for the elderly is the lack of health service programs for the elderly who are living in their own homes. Health personnel shortages including community health nurses have been identified as a significant contributor to this health service problem. This paper will initially consider Indonesia's geography as a nation comprising many islands. It will then discuss the impact of a changing population profile and present an overview and critique of the current level of health services provided to promote wellbeing for the elderly.

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“…J. 3 (1): 1-7, 2012al., 1990Poon et al, 1992;Macigilian et al, 1993;Kumar, 1996;Abikusno, 2002) and on the Indian Hunter-Gatherers (Kurichias) (Ramachandran, 2004). This exercise enabled the researchers to pickup several relevant variables that are likely to contribute for longevity.…”

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Cultural and Nutritional Perspective of Indian Hunter-Gatherers (Kurichia Tribe)

Mohd¹

2012

American Medical Journal

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Problem statement:To study the cultural and nutritional perspective of Indian huntergatherers (Kurichia tribe), Kerala, India. Approach: Descriptive and case study analysis. Results: Though Indian scriptures provided a full zodiacal life cycle of one hundred and twenty years for an individual, this goal is rarely reached. However, it is significant to note that in Indian hunter-gatherers (Kurichia tribe) of Kerala State, all the nearest kith and kin of the centenarians successfully lead their life beyond 100 years. They have not suffered from any specific disease in their life time. Though they seem to be weak and fragile, they are sound in health. They led an active life, sometimes walking long distance in their earlier years. However, a major drawback noticed among them was that their vision was affected and some were unable to walk. They were suffering not because of their mental or physical ailments, but worried about the younger generation which is losing faith in their culture under the impact of acculturation process causing intra-generation gap in all walks of life. They felt that this transition would negatively affect the overall community. With regard to lineage of the family, it was noticed that atleast one parent or grandparent or siblings had lived over 90 years. Longevity appeared to be hereditary. There were more women than men. Most of the centenarians were without their spouses. None of them belonged to poor economic status. Most of them had good domestic relationships. Further, the results of the present study revealed that the determining factors of longevity across cultures were almost same, though the nature of some of the variables was culture-specific. Conclusion: Though continued biological and psychological health was a sin quo non for longevity, all variables played a relatively interactive, determining and dynamic role in the process of longevity.

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Sociocultural aspects of the aged: A case study in Indonesia

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International Perspectives on Older Adult Education

International Perspectives on Older Adult Education

Ageing in Indonesia – Health Status and Challenges for the Future

Cultural and Nutritional Perspective of Indian Hunter-Gatherers (Kurichia Tribe)

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