THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FAMILY SUPPORT AND ELDERLY ACTIVENESS IN JOINING ELDERLY POSYANDU ACTIVITIES

Along with the increasing elderly population, government has formulated various health service policies aimed at elderly, one of which is Posyandu. This intended to improve status elderly. The purpose this study was determine relationship between family support and activeness in participating Posyandu activities Alley 7, Sawahan Village, Mojosari District. research design used an analytic correlation a cross-sectional approach. population all people who are registered gang 7 as many 34 taken using non-probability sampling technique, namely saturated technique. independent variable dependent activities. Data collection carried out by distributing questionnaires KMS observation sheets, after data collected, processed chi-square test help SPSS 16 error level (α) = 0.05 value (ϼ) 0.012 <0.05 then H1 accepted H0 rejected, means that there alley existence for causes peace mind happiness Family will affect activity because role very important encouraging motivating interest be active