Open AccessUpaya Peningkatan Kesehatan Lansia Melalui Pendidikan Kesehatan Massage Kaki di Posyandu Lansia Lenggono
Author(s) -
Maula Mar’atus Solikhah,
Mutiara Dewi L
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
jurnal pengabdian masyarakat al-irsyad (jpma)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2685-7340
pISSN - 2656-0569
DOI - 10.36760/jpma.v2i2.140
Subject(s) - massage , medicine , foot (prosody) , physical therapy , service (business) , gerontology , alternative medicine , philosophy , linguistics , pathology , economy , economics
Hypertension is known as the silent killer disease because the symptoms are few, sometimes it does not cause any symptoms at all. One of the non-pharmacological therapies that can be given to people with hypertension is foot massage. The aim of this community service activity is to increase the knowledge of the elderly about foot massage. The target of this activity is the elderly group of Posyandu Lenggono. Implementation of this community service activity includes lecture, question and answer, and online discussion. The activity stages include meeting with elderly health cadres, preparation of tools and materials, implementation of health education and monitoring, and evaluation. The result of this activity shows the increasing knowledge of the elderly about foot massage from an average value of 46.4 to 82.4. Recommendations that can be taken from this activity are monitoring and evaluation the results of this community service activity where collaborate with cadres and health workers.
Key words: elderly, hypertension, foot massage