Daftar Isi:
  • Posyandu Lansia is an Integrated Service Post which is intended to provide health services for the elderly who consist of promotive and pre-determined, curative and rehabilitative. Based on the data, the absence of the elderly was 68.2% which was less than the target coverage. The study was conducted to find out about factors related to elderly absentee at the Posyandu Lansia in Rubaru. This type of research is descriptive with an observational approach. Popolation of elderly who were absent 43 people and the sample taken were 15 people, with Simple Random Sampling technique. The instrument used in this study was a questionnaire with data analysis using Frequency Distribution. From the results of the study showed that most of the elderly with job who were absent at posyandu were 10 elderly (67%), and more than half of the elderly who were absent from posyandu lansia did not attend school were 9 elderly (60%), and almost half of the elderly those who were not present at the posyandu with lacking knowledge were 6 elderly (40%). It can be concluded that the elderly who were absent at posyandu lansia activities were caused by several factors, namely education, knowledge about posyandu lansia and the job. Efforts to increase the coverage of posyandu lansia by health education to the elderly from health workers about the important at posyandu for the elderly.