Effective Communication in Assistance Recognizing Risk and Accident Prevention for Elderly Family in Kabupaten Langkat, Sumatera Utara

Dayana, Emilia Ramadhani

2022

Abstract

The family as the main support system for the elderly has an important role in maintaining the safety of the elderly. Communication between families and the elderly needs to use a special approach, so that communication can run effectively. This study aims to find out how communication has been carried out by families so far in maintaining the safety of the elderly and to find out what communication barriers are found in caring for the elderly. This study used a qualitative descriptive approach, using observations, questionnaires, FGDs and in-depth interviews for data collection techniques. This research will be conducted on people in Kabupaten Langkat Provinsi Sumatera Utara, precisely in Kecamatan Stabat, as the capital of Langkat. The number of respondents in this study were 101 people and 27 families to participate in the FGD. While in-depth interviews were conducted on 2 elderly people aged 80 years and over. The results of the study found that most of the families who accompanied the elderly felt that the communication they had made so far in maintaining the safety of the elderly was good enough. The level of knowledge and level of application is quite balanced. Meanwhile, the acknowledgment from the elderly that they feel ignored, not understood and no one understands that the elderly only needs friends to talk to makes them more excited to live when they remember their youth. This need for speech even trumps other needs.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Dayana. and Ramadhani E. (2022). Effective Communication in Assistance Recognizing Risk and Accident Prevention for Elderly Family in Kabupaten Langkat, Sumatera Utara. In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Social and Political Development - Volume 1: ICOSOP, ISBN 978-989-758-618-7, SciTePress, pages 263-270. DOI: 10.5220/0011565600003460

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icosop22,
author={Dayana and Emilia Ramadhani},
title={Effective Communication in Assistance Recognizing Risk and Accident Prevention for Elderly Family in Kabupaten Langkat, Sumatera Utara},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Social and Political Development - Volume 1: ICOSOP,},
year={2022},
pages={263-270},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0011565600003460},
isbn={978-989-758-618-7},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Social and Political Development - Volume 1: ICOSOP,
TI - Effective Communication in Assistance Recognizing Risk and Accident Prevention for Elderly Family in Kabupaten Langkat, Sumatera Utara
SN - 978-989-758-618-7
AU - Dayana.
AU - Ramadhani E.
PY - 2022
SP - 263
EP - 270
DO - 10.5220/0011565600003460
PB - SciTePress