Journal of Universal Community Empowerment Provision
Vol. 1 No. 2 (2021): Journal of Universal Community Empowerment Provision

Family Independence in Implementing Family Health Tasks to Reduce the Risk of Fall in East Pentadio Village, Gorontalo Regency

Rona Febriyona (Lecturer of the Department of Nursing, Muhammadiyah University of Gorontalo, Indonesia)
Pipin Yunus (Lecturer of the Department of Nursing, Muhammadiyah University of Gorontalo, Indonesia)
Nadia M. Laukum (Nurse Profession Student, Muhammadiyah University of Gorontalo, Indonesia)
Deisy Cintiya Ismail (Nurse Profession Student, Muhammadiyah University of Gorontalo, Indonesia)
Rian Y. Kune (Nurse Profession Student, Muhammadiyah University of Gorontalo, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
16 Jun 2021

Abstract

Independence is a condition in which a person who has the will and ability tries to fulfill the demands of his life in a legal, reasonable and responsible manner for everything he does. The family has a very big role in the safety of the elderly, especially in preventing falls. The purpose of this study is that the public can find out the importance of family independence in carrying out family health tasks to reduce the risk of falling. There are five family health tasks that must be considered, including being able to recognize family health problems, being able to make appropriate action decisions, being able to provide care to sick family members, being able to modify the environment, and being able to take advantage of public health service facilities. It can be concluded that after counseling the family and the elderly have understood the task of family health, once a day the family teaches tandem walking to the elderly to reduce the risk of falling in the elderly in Pentadio Timur Village, Gorontalo Regency

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Journal Info

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jucep

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Subject

Decision Sciences, Operations Research & Management Environmental Science Social Sciences Other

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Journal of Universal Community Empowerment Provision (JUCEP) ISSN: 2776-1142 (online) ISSN: 2776-1134 (print) publishes all reports on the applying, practicing, and culturing of science and technology for the social welfare related to community empowerment ...