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Journal : Idea Pengabdian Masyarakat

Terapi Bermain Untuk Meningkatkan Kekuatan Motorik dan Kognitif pada Lansia Binaan Stikes Bala Keselamatan Palu di Kota Palu Ni Luh Emilia; Denny Susanto; Meilin Anggreyni; Juliana Neng Rifka Sarman
Idea Pengabdian Masyarakat Vol. 2 No. 02 (2022): May
Publisher : PT.Mantaya Idea Batara

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (667.098 KB) | DOI: 10.53690/ipm.v2i03.133

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   The age group with the fastest growth in the world today is elderly. The health problems experienced by the elderly are varied, such as cognitive disorders and physical or motor problems. Various efforts have been made to restore this condition, one of them is play therapy. The purpose of this community service is to provide play therapy to improve motor and cognitive strength to the elderly that are fostered by Stikes Bala Keselamatan Palu which is located in Palu City. The method in this activity was done by interviewing, observing and running a questionnaire to measure cognitive of the elderly using the MMSE (Mini Mental State Examination) questionnaire and to measure the client's motor strength, it was used an assessment of muscle strength then the elderly was divided into several small groups with 5 types of games or activities which will be carried out alternately. The results obtained were that 24 elderly who were willing to take part in play therapy activities with MMSE results data, there were 21 elderly who got an average score of < 21 which means that the elderly have cognitive impairment and the average muscle strength of the elderly has a value of 4 which means there were still lots of elderly who have muscle weakness. After the play therapy was carried out, the elderly seemed active, enthusiastic and very happy with this activity. It is recommended that the health workers, especially community health center, can add this play therapy to the elderly integrated services post program. 
Terapi Pijat untuk Meningkatkan Kualitas Tidur pada Lansia Binaan Stikes Bala Keselamatan Palu Ni Luh Emilia; Meilin Anggreyni; Nova Natalia Beba; Juliana Neng Rifka Sarman; Sabarulin S; Yulian Heiwer Matongka
Idea Pengabdian Masyarakat Vol. 2 No. 03 (2022): September
Publisher : PT.Mantaya Idea Batara

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.53690/ipm.v2i05.168

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   One of the health problems experienced by elderly is sleep disturbances both in quality and quantity which can cause effects such as forgetfulness, confusion and disorientation, if it IS happened in long term it will cause trauma. The purpose of this community service is to apply the results of a research is that massage therapy to the elderly in improving sleep quality. The method used was the applying of massage therapy directly given to the elderly assisted by health science college of the salvation army Palu which were consisted of 22 people, it began with an examination of the sleep quality and continued with the applying of 8 times massage therapy which were carried out for 2 months every Friday morning. Result: This massage therapy can improve the sleep quality of the elderly because in the pre test it was found that all the elderly experienced sleep quality disorders and in the post test, it was found that there were 17 of 22 elderly already had good sleep quality but there were still 5 elderly who had mild sleep quality disorders. It is hoped that health workers will continue to apply complementary therapies to the community so that they can improve the health of the community.