Kesepian pada Lansia di Panti Jompo Suka Makmur Sibolangit

Abstract

This study aims to determine the loneliness of the elderly in nursing homes. This research uses qualitative research. This study focuses on the causes of loneliness in the elderly, the characteristics of loneliness in the elderly, and the type of loneliness in the elderly. Respondents in this study amounted to three elderly people aged 67-81 years who have been placed by their families in nursing homes. The technique of taking a subject or sample in this study was obtained by purposive sampling technique. The data collection technique method was obtained by conducting interviews and observations and documentation. The results showed that the elderly who lived in nursing homes lacked the affection and love from their families and children. The cause of loneliness in the elderly in nursing homes, among others, considers himself as a person who is worthless, unnoticed and not loved. The characteristics of loneliness in the three respondents are excluded from the group, not noticed by the people around them, isolated from the environment, do not have a place to share feelings and experiences, and must be alone without any choice. The type of loneliness that the three respondents have is the type of emotional loneliness and the type of social loneliness. However, the type of loneliness that is most visible in the three respondents is the type of emotional loneliness where this type of emotional loneliness arises because respondents did not get an intimate affection figure from the family. So that the type of emotional loneliness makes them always miss the presence of family and affection from a family figure.