Aging & Society: Eighth Interdisciplinary Conference

Abstract

Projection data of the population in Indonesia shows that the elderly population goes up every year. In 2017, 23.66 million elderly will go up to 27.08 million in 2020. The number will continue going up to 49.19 million in 2035. The Indonesian government is facing this problem with limited programs, such as elderly primary health care (posyandu lansia), elderly family building (bina keluarga lansia), and the first 1000 days of life. But the programs only take care of social security and social services of the elderly. Central Java province has the number two highest number of elderly and shows that elderly women are more vulnerable than men. Elderly women have hormone change, low education, and high work demand. To help government with limited programs, social community through NGO and social organization appeared according to government regulation No 13/1998. The aims of this study is to map the elderly women’s condition in Salib Putih Nursing Home based on Maslow Hierarchy. The method was qualitative using in-depth interview to twenty-three elderly women, eight elderly caretakers, and one nursing home administrator. The results show that elderly women’s Maslow hierarchy stopped in love and belongingness. To respond to this matter, they are two main recommendations: reconstruction of government regulations regarding to elderly care services and integration between all sides for responsibility of elderly needs directly and indirectly.