Ageing Support

1. Pengantar Sebagaimana disampaikan oleh para ahli demografi bahwa penuaan penduduk merupakan fenomena global. Penuaan penduduk merupakan ciri demografi abad milenium. Keadaan ini diakibatkan oleh proses demografi, yaitu; penurunan angka mortalitas seiring dengan semakin rendahnya angka fertilitas. Di samping itu kemajuan di bidang teknologi dan ilmu kedokteran telah dapat menekan angka kematian yang disebabkan oleh penyakit menular. Bersamaan itu tingkat pendidikan dan pengetahuan masyarakat turut mengubah pola hidup masyarakat menjadi anti mortalitas. Usia harapan hidup (life expectancy at birth) semakin panjang merupakan output dari perubahan seperti yang digambarkan di atas. Dampak langsung dari peningkatan usia harapan hidup adalah peningkatan jumlah penduduk lansia (elderly). Diperkirakan pada tahun 2005 penduduk lansia Indonesia (60+) sudah berjumlah 18,4 juta jiwa atau sekitar 8,1 persen dari jumlah penduduk kita. Pada tahun 2020 diproyeksikan jumlahnya akan meningkat menjadi...

Migration is a natural process of human population dynamics that move from place to place for a wide variety of orientations. The phenomenon of international migration is often an overview of the economic situation of a country in equality. Child is the mandate of Almighty God, in their houlders the future of the family, the nation and the state will be handled. Therefore the completion of their optimal growth and development is the duty of the parents and all community elements, including the state to participate in its favor. Child Rights and Protection Act (UUPA) is a manifestation of the seriousness of the state in implementatng the ringhts of the children while protecting them from potential violence that is always threatening. The phenomenon of migrant workers make children face problem by lack of primary escort their growth process, especially the mother. The role of the father or mother became the sole companion of children and family members assisted potentially unable to meet...

Family Educational design could impact child personality in their life. The family that set up education in democratic circumstance makes children more stable in manner and behaviour, children that are educated in authoritarianism situation tent to aggressive. Family that set up in permissive circumstance make them more aggressive. The research result could be interpreted that we have to evaluate three educational environments, namely: family, school and community (peer groups). We have to design those environments which could support the child in their psychology development phase. The other is IT tools, the one relatively newest educational institution that also could impact child behaviour. Family empowerment is one of the best solutions in handling and facing modern and globalization era.