Implementasi Program Life Skills dan Optimum Aging bagi Lansia di Asri Senior Day Care and Living Wiyung Kota Surabaya 

Implementation of the Life Skills and Optimum Aging Program for the Elderly at Asri Senior Day Care and Living Wiyung Kota Surabaya 

Asri Senior Day Care and Living merupakan lembaga berupa yayasan yang

memberikan sejumlah layanan perawatan lansia agar dapat mencapai optimum aging

(proses penuaan yang optimal). Asri SDC and Living dimaksudkan untuk memfasilitasi

lansia agar terhindar dari kesepian, dapat mandiri, sejahtera, dan bermakna. Tujuan

penelitian ini adalah untuk mengidentifikasi, mendeskrispikan dan menganalisis

pelaksanan program life skills dan optimum aging bagi lansia di Asri Senior Day Care and

Living. Penelitian ini menggunakan jenis penelitian kualitatif. Sumber data dalam penelitian

ini adalah pengurus yayasan, pendamping/perawat, lansia peserta program dan keluarga

lansia. Teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan observasi, wawancara dan dokumentasi.

Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa program life skills di Asri Senior Day Care and

Living dilaksanakan berupa layanan cek kesehatan, kebugaran fisik, konseling,

pembelajaran dan permainan otak, pelatihan keterampilan dan penyegaran rohani.

Program life skills di Asri Senior Day Care and Living dilaksanakan oleh pengurus yayasan,

pendamping/perawat, pekerja, dan relawan. Masing-masing program life skills dilaksanakan

secara terjadwal dalam tiga hari seminggu serta secara insidental di hari-hari lainnya. Bagi

lansia yang mengalami tantangan akan mendapatkan bantuan berupa pendampingan secara

lebih dari pihak Asri Senior Day Care and Living. Kondisi lansia dalam aspek fisik, psikis,

kognitif, hubungan sosial, dan spiritual dalam kondisi optimal melalui aktivitas yang telah

disediakan.

Asri Senior Day Care and Living is an institution in the form of a foundation that

provides a number of elderly care services in order to achieve optimum aging. Asri SDC

and Living is intended to facilitate the elderly to avoid loneliness, be independent,

prosperous, and meaningful. The purpose of this study was to identify, describe and

analyze the implementation of life skills and optimum aging programs for the elderly at

Asri Senior Day Care and Living. This research uses qualitative research. The data sources

in this study are foundation administrators, assistants / nurses, elderly program participants

and elderly families. Data collection techniques used observation, interviews and

documentation. The results showed that the life skills program at Asri Senior Day Care and

Living was implemented in the form of health check services, physical fitness, counseling,

learning and brain games, skills training and spiritual refreshment. The life skills program

at Asri Senior Day Care and Living is implemented by foundation administrators, assistants

/ nurses, workers, and volunteers. Each life skills program is carried out on a scheduled

basis three days a week and incidentally on other days. For elderly people who experience

challenges, they will get assistance in the form of more assistance from Asri Senior Day

Care and Living. The condition of the elderly in physical, psychological, cognitive, social

relations, and spiritual aspects is in optimal condition through the activities that have been

provided.