Komunikasi Terapeutik pada Lansia di Graha Werdha AUSSI Kusuma Lestari, Depok

Abstract

The older a person, the more vulnerable a person regarding his health. There is a lot of evidence that optimal health in elderly patients depends not only on biomedical needs but also on the conditions surrounding them, such as greater attention to their social, their economic, their cultural, and their psychological conditions of the patient. The purpose of this research is to know how the best therapeutic communication for elderly especially in Panti Werdha. The method of this research used qualitative method. This research focused on a case study. The researcher also used an observational technique as data collection techniques. This data collection technique used in some research included the qualitative research. Based on the direct observation by the researcher to Graha Werdha Aussi Kusuma Lestari, elderly patients desperately need good communication and empathy and "adequate" attention from various parties. Many obstacles to therapeutic communication in elderly patients occur, but in this case a lot of events happened in Panti Werdha due to resistant. The resistant behavior usually showed by the patient during the healing of certain diseases due to tiredness, anger, and sadness to the illness suffered by it. The result of this research indicated that there should be approach well communicate to the elderly patient. Therefore therapeutic communication should be optimally implemented for elderly patients.