Sunday (01/03/2020) Anggrek Elderly Posyandu , Watugedug Hamlet, Guwosari Village, Pajangan, Bantul, conducts routine monthly service. As usual, service activities take place at the residence as well as the Office of the Head of the Watugedug Hamlet.

This month the posyandu service was attended by 49 elderly people from all RTs in the hamlet, from RT 01 to RT 05. After the routine posyandu services in the form of health checks and supplementary feeding were completed, the activities were not continued with regular exercise or angklung training. But with some light games to hone the memory and concentration of the elderly. They seem happy with and enjoy various games with media songs, words, counts and fingers.

"Unlike in Iroyudan Hamlet, the elderly in this hamlet are more happy with gymnastics or games like this," explained the coordinator of SurveyMETER, Titis Putri Ambarwati.

In some of these games the elderly mingle with companion cadres from the youth group. The game is guided by an advanced cadre of senior age assistants.

The first game, in a standing position cadres guide the elderly to follow the movement with a one-two-three-finger song. One right finger, one left finger, combined into two, to form the bridge. Two right fingers, two left fingers, combined into two, then becomes a camera. And so on until five fingers are combined into a ball. The elderly laughed with the first game.

The next game is the elderly and young cadres sitting in a row and then guided to make a movement to massage the shoulders of friends in front of them accompanied by the song "heavy rain, lightning strikes, hail stones" by senior cadres. Heavy rain to massage hard until the stone rain hit the friend slowly in front of them. After finishing one round, the line turns around to take turns. After that they were asked to hold each other's shoulders of the person in front of them and make body movements to the right, left, front and back.

The next game, the elderly in a sitting position facing each other. By the cadres they were told to make a gesture to hold each body part according to the numbers that the cadre mentioned randomly. For example, number 1 holds the head, number 2 holds the shoulder, number 3 holds the stomach, number 4 takes the ball, and number 5 holds the knee. If they do wrong, the friend in front of them will put a piece of label paper on their face.

All of these games are followed by the elderly and cadre with great joy, they look really enjoy and always seen laughing together. The elderly look very happy and do not feel being taught or told, even among those who laugh. Their pleasure culminated when at the end of the activity they were treated to nutritious supplementary food and were given gifts to share love in the context of the 18th anniversary of SurveyMETER.  Keep healthy and happy always, Simbah. (TPA / JF)

Field stages expansion of the study of the Integrated Household and Individual Data-Based Stunting Handling System (TEPAT RAMAH) began with program socialization activities to all districts and villages in Nganjuk Regency. Thursday (02/27/20) the first socialization was held in the Hall of Patianrowo District, as a pilot study district.  Participants in the socialization were all villages in the Patianrowo District and related institutions at the district and sub-district level. Two people who were interested in the village attended the activity, namely the village head and the staff in charge of the village profile compiler. 

The series of socialization activities opened by Edi Srianto as Patianrowo Sub-District Head, then an overview of activities by Purwanto Hari as the Head of Statistics and Information of the Public Communication Office of Communication and Information, discussion of financing schemes by Ovie Andrianto as Head of Community Empowerment and Community Empowerment Office of Nganjuk District, and an explanation of the substance and technical activities by Roni Hermoko as the coordinating committee of the activities of SurveyMETER.

In his introduction, Edi Srianto said that the village profile is an important objective picture for the village. Accurate data in profiles can be used as village development planning. "All the data needed is in the village profile including the data variables that have hampered village development," said Edi.

Hari Purwanto expressed his hope that this program could not be carried out casually but rather fully supported by the village government. Because if every village fills in their profile with the right data, it will bring up the real potential of the village which indirectly promotes the village itself until the possibility of interested ones coming from abroad. "Hopefully with the synergy between the village and the region this Nganjuk can be turned into one data," Hari said.

Whereas Ovie said that the data compilation program was a proof of integration in the interests of villages and regions.  Ovie also invites all village governments to account for financial assistance from the central government which amounts to billions of rupiah with accurate development data according to the system currently being designed by SurveyMETER and Nganjuk Communication and Information Technology.

While in the explanation session and briefing on the technical plan of activities to the person in charge of data and village profiles, Roni Hermoko began his presentation by conveying what SurveyMETER had done in collaboration with the Nganjuk District Government through the Health Service and 11 villages in Patianrowo District from 2018 until now. That the sub-districts and 11 villages in Patianrowo already have quality data dashboards, which can be utilized both for the preparation of village profiles, development planning, and others.  The dashboards can be updated by each village at very affordable costs by the village budget fund. "So in the future in the future expansion of our study, we are all the spearheads for the quality of the data produced," said Roni while inviting all participants to be coordinators in each village to coordinate the data cadres.

In this long series of activities the Nganjuk Diskominfo as the data guardian of the Nganjuk Regency is SurveyMETER's working partner acting as the PIC program of the Nganjuk District Government. Diskominfo Nganjuk through Nuri Prihandoko as the coordinator of the field technical implementer from the office will arrange a schedule and route for outreach to the 19 other districts that will begin in March 2020. (JF)

The following is the publication of these activities on the local media online portal:

https://kabarnganjuk.com/dinas-kominfo-gelar-sosialisasi-penyusunan-data-desa-dan-daerah-terintegrasi/

https://diskominfo.nganjukkab.go.id/berita/detail-berita/71

Angklung Nusantara Cross Generations Group Posyandu Elderly Bougenville Iroyudan Hamlet Guwosari Village which is guided by SurveyMETER mentoring activities is one of the extracurricular activities for grade 3 and 4 students of Iroyudan Elementary School in Guwosari Village. Friday (21/02) yesterday in the courtyard of the Iroyudan Hamlet office was their first day of training. The training was led by the cadre coordinator, Siti Maemunah.

All students from the two grades enthusiastically attended the exercise. Their faces express happiness and joy. "Exciting, happy to try and practice Angklung," said Fano (grade 4) who claimed to be first time to practice.

Viona (Fano's classmate) who had participated in training with the Angklung Nusantara Cross Generations Group Posyandu Bougenville, felt happy because she could meet her friends not in class but playing angklung together in an open field.

How this activity became an extracurricular at Iroyudan Elementary School, SurveyMETER co-organizing coordinator, Titis Putri Ambarwati, conveyed the Principal of Iroyudan Elementary School, Jaswabi Wantoro, who asked directly to be an extracurricular activity.  Initially, a number of students and members of the Angklung Nusantara Lintas Generasi Group told their activities to the school principal and they wanted the angklung art to be staged at a school event.  Furthermore, according to Titis, the principal welcomed the wishes of some of these students and asked permission and direct support from the Head of Iroyudan Hamlet to be assisted in the training process.  "A number of exercises in the future will use Angklung property of the Angklung Nusantara Lintas Generasi Group, but SDN Iroyudan has budgeted the purchase of several sets of angklung," explained Titis.

The angklung extracurricular art group of SDN Iroyudan has just been formed and this training has been projected to be able to perform in every school event such as closing the year and commemorating national holidays. (JF-AN)

As many as 80 people representing three generations (children, teenagers, and elderly) from Guwosari Village collaborated to play angklung in the tourist area of ​​Selarong Cave, Kembangputihan Hamlet, Guwosari, Pajangan, Bantul on Wednesday (05/01/2019). Angklung performances are presented in order to welcome the National Elderly Day (HLUN) which is celebrated every May 29. This activity was created in collaboration with SurveyMETER with the Guwosari Village Government.

The generation of children involved came from several elementary school students in Guwosari Village. The youth generation came from Karang Taruna Iroyudan Hamlet, Karang Taruna, Guwosari Village, Elderly Posyandu Cadre, and representatives of the Guwosari Village Government. While the older generation are the elderly of Iroyudan Hamlet under the guidance of the Elderly Posyandu Bougenvil Iroyudan Hamlet.

Angklung musical instrument performances performed 3 songs: Jaranan, Suwe Ora Jamu, and Tanah Airku. During the show a video recording will be uploaded to the SurveyMETER YouTube social channel. 

Caption foto: Three generations of Guwosari Village take a group photo after the angklung music performance, Wednesday, May 1, 2019. (Photo: TPA / SM).

Penanganan stunting menjadi salah satu program prioritas Dinas Kesehatan Kabupaten Nganjuk. Hal tersebut disampaikan Kepala Dinas Kesehatan Kabupaten Nganjuk dokter Achmad Noeroel Cholis dalam sambutan di acara Sosialisasi dan Perjanjian Kerjasama Studi Pengembangan Sistem Terpadu Penanganan Stunting Berbasis Data di Level Puskesmas di Kabupaten Nganjuk Kamis pagi (04/10/2010) di Balai Desa Ngrombot Kecamatan Patianrowo Kabupaten Nganjuk.

Menurutnya dokter Cholis stunting dapat memengaruhi kecerdasan anak di masa perkembangan 1-5 tahun. Dalam penanganannya memerlukan data yang akurat sehingga kalau datanya keliru maka penanganannya pun akan keliru. “Dengan studi ini nantinya akan ada gambaran apa yang akan kita lakukan, dimulai dari Kecamatan Patianrowo kemudian diimplementasikan ke kecamatan lainnya” kata dokter Cholis.

Dalam sosialisasinya, koordinator kegiatan Roni Hermoko menyampaikan pelaksanaan studi ini didorong oleh dua isu besar yaitu persoalan stunting yang selain menjadi isu nasional juga menjadi masalah internasional serta persoalan data yang akan dijadikan rujukan dalam menangani stunting di daerah-daerah di Indonesia. “Karenanya kegiatan ini menjadi tanggung jawab bersama sehingga semua pihak baik dari SurveyMETER, Dinas Kesehatan, Kecamatan, Polsek, Koramil, Puskesmas, Pemerintahan Desa, hingga para Bidan Desa dan kader posyandu di 11 desa diharap dapat menyukseskannya,” terang Roni.

Disampaikan Roni, sebelumnya SurveyMETER telah melaksanakan kegiatan belajar bersama dan berbagi pengetahuan dengan sejumlah daerah yang berkomitmen menjawab isu dan dampak pembangunan dengan menggunakan data sebagai rujukan kebijakan. Upaya tersebut dapat kita mulai dari level terkecil, misalnya satu kecamatan atau puskesmas. “Kami sangat gembira sekali, apabila inisiasi ini direncanakan akan diimplementasikan di kecamatan lain,” tukas Roni merujuk sambutan dari dokter Cholis.

Perjanjian dilakukan oleh SurveyMETER dan Dinas Kesehatan Kabupaten Nganjuk. Pembubuh tandatangan dari SurveyMETER adalah Roni Hermoko selaku koordinator pelaksana kegiatan dan dari Dinas Kesehatan Kabupaten Nganjuk dokter Achmad Noeroel Cholis selaku kepala dinas. Saksi penandatanganan adalah perjanjian Sekretaris Camat Patianrowo, Bambang WK SE; Kapolsek Patianrowo, AKP Joni Suprapto SH; dan Danramil Patianrowo, Kapten Infanteri Sudarsono. Proses penandatanganan juga disaksikan oleh Kepala Bidang Kesehatan Masyarakat Dinas Kesehatan Kabupaten Nganjuk, Guruh Hari W; Perwakilan Bappeda Kabupaten Nganjuk; Kepala Puskesmas Patianrowo, Mamik Endang Ekawati; dan 11 perwakilan pemerintah desa di wilayah Kecamatan Patianrowo.

Kegiatan sosialisasi dan penandatanganan kerjasama dilanjutkan dengan pelatihan petugas pengumpul data yang dikuti oleh 4 kader posyandu dari 4 desa dengan didampingi oleh 4 fasiltator dari SurveyMETER. Empat kader tersebut akan terlibat dalam pilot tes kuesioner yang akan dilaksanakan Jumat (05/10/18) di satu desa di Kecamatan Kertosono Kabupaten Nganjuk. (JF)

SurveyMETER collaborates in a program to develop an integrated data-based stunting management system at the puskesmas with the Nganjuk district government through the Health Office. It is carried out in 11 villages in Patianrowo sub-district involving three institutional components, namely the Nganjuk District Health Office (through the PIC of the Health Office, PIC of the Puskesmas, and village midwives), the village (apparatus and health cadres in 11 villages), and SurveyMETER (researchers, facilitators, and the electronic data process (EDP)/programmer team), and fully supported by the Knowledge Sector Initiative (KSI).

The activity commenced with a meeting represented by the person in charge of the SurveyMETER program, Dani Alfah, and the implementing coordinator, Roni Hermoko, with the Head of the Nganjuk District Health and at once the Head of the Family Health Division, Heri Wibowo H., on Wednesday, September 5, 2018. At the meeting, it was verbally agreed on the cooperation between the two institutions including the implementation schedule and the area. There was also presented about research instruments globally on that occasion. The Health Service Office is also responsible for processing permits and passing through the letters from Bappeda to the Regent.

The activity entered the discussion process of deliberating research instruments between SurveyMETER and the Nganjuk District Health Office on Wednesday, September 12, 2018. It serves as a concept maturation prior to the cross-sectoral meeting and the signing of the MoU planned to be held at the end of the month. The discussion took place in the Meeting Room of the Nganjuk District Health Office. The participants were researchers from SurveyMETER and officials from the Family Health Division of the Nganjuk District Health Office consisting of the Public Health Section, the Nutrition Section, and others. The instruments/questionnaires discussed were about demography, pregnant women, and children's (under two years) books.

According to Roni Hermoko, it would be effective for 6 months beginning from October 2018 to March 2019. The adjacent field activity after completing the instrument discussion was a pilot test of the instrument and training of village health cadres as prospective data collectors. The research would be carried out in two stages: the baseline study (October-November 2018) and the endline study (January-February 2019). During field data collection, health cadres would be accompanied by a facilitator from SurveyMETER.

Regarding the impetus for implementing the activity, the person in charge of the program, Dani Alfah, explained it is a form of effort to share SurveyMETER's knowledge with the Nganjuk district government through the health office that committed to making data as a reference for policymaking in the health sector initiating from the smallest scope, namely the village government, puskesmas, and sub-district. "We will learn and share together with the health office in implementing 5 data dimensions, launching from mapping data sources, data collection, data quality (quality control), data analysis, to the use of data related to the health of pregnant women and children," said Dani.

On the other hand, the Head of the Family Health Division of the Nganjuk District Health Office, Guruh Wibowo H., expressed his gratitude for the programs and stages that have been carried out by SurveyMETER. "We are looking for the factors that trigger stunting in Nganjuk district as one focuses of the national concerns on the health sector, and while we have to deal with the funding, SurveyMETER offers its activities, then, of course, we really support it,” explained Guruh regarding the motivation of the Ngajuk District Health Office in supporting the program.  (JF)

Jumat (20/10/2017) kemarin, SurveyMETER bersama dengan Cita Sehat Foundation dan Rumah Zakat melakukan audiensi dengan Bupati Bantul, Drs H Suharsono. Bupati menerima audiensi di ruang kerjanya, di Kantor Bupati, Jalan RWolter Monginsidi, Bantul.

Ketiga lembaga tersebut memaparkan kegiatan masing-masing berkaitan dengan program kelanjutusiaan yang dilakukan di wilayah Kabupaten Bantul. Di sela paparannya ketiga lembaga meminta dukungan dan sinergi program bersama dari Bupati dan dinas/lembaga pemerintahan terkait dalam mengembangkan program kegiatan ke depan yang dilaksanakan di Kabupaten Bantul.

Pada kesempatan tersebut Bupati Bantul didampingi dinas dan lembaga terkait di leingkungan pemerintahan kabupeten Bantul di anataranya Dinas Kesehatan, Dinas Sosial, PKK Kabupaten Bantul, serta Dinas Pengendalian Penduduk dan Keluarga Berencana.

Pada kesempatan tersebut, Dwi Endah MPH (Senior Manager Cita Sehat Foundation) dan Warnitis (Rumah Zakat) memaparkan satu kegiatan kemitraan keduanya dalam upaya mewujudkan komunitas ramah lansia yaitu program Indonesia Ramah Lansia (IRL). Di Bantul IRL memiliki dua program yaitu Pelayanan berkesianmbungan (meliputi 8 program: pojok demensia, gathering posbindu & grup sosialita, bebersih rumah lansia, remaja & anak cinta lansia, klub hipertensi & DM, I love you mbah, kebun gizi, dan spiritual grup lansia) dan Perawatan jangka panjang (meliputi: home care, sekolah lansia, advokasi jaminan kesehatan, relawan lansia, care giver training, ambulance ramah lansia, klinik ramah lansia, dan bantuan kesehatan). Cita Sehat Foundation dan Rumah Zakat juga memiliki program pembinaan dusun ramah lansia yang sudah berjalan di 5 dusun yang berada di 3 kecamatan di Kabupaten Bantul.

Sementara paparan kegiatan SurveyMETER yang disampaikan oleh Bondan Sikoki MA (pendiri dan Pembina SurveyMETER) menyinggung sekilas penelitian asesmen kota ramah lanjut usia tahun 2013 sebagai salah satu fokus dari penelitian di bidang kesehatan. Hasil studi yang salah satu sampelnya Kota Yogyakarta tersebut menunjukkan indeks kota ramah lanjut usia masih di bawah 50% atau masih jauh dari kategori ramah lanjut usia. Hasil studi tersebut menjadi acuan beberapa kota sampel dalam menyusun program kebijakan terkait serta menjasi salah satu rujukan Kementerian Sosial dalam menerbitkan Peraturan Menteri Sosial (Permensos) Nomor 7 Tahun 2017 tentang Pedoman Pengembangan Kawasan Ramah Lanjut Usia sebagai upaya untuk memberikan perlindungan dan pemenuhan hak-hak lansia.

Selanjutnya Bondan memaparkan beberapa kegiatan penelitian dan pendampingan yang dilakukan di Kabupaten Bantul yang terinspirasi oleh hasil studi di atas yaitu Studi Posyandu Lansia di Kabupaten Bantul; Pendampingan Kelanjutusiaan di Dusun Watugedug, Guwosari, Pajangan; Beasiswa Siswa SMK yang terlibat dalam kegiatan Posyandu Lansia; dan Program Cerita Kehidupan di 7 sekolah (3 SD, 2 SMP, 1 SMA, 1 SMK) di Kecamatan Pajangan.

Hasil studi posyandu lansia menunjukan bahwa partisipasi lansia laki-laki sangat rendah dalam kegiatan posyandu lansia karena persoalan yang cukup kompleks dalam hal cara pandang, kader lansia, menu kegiatan posyandu, dan pendanaan. Program Cerita Kehidupan di 7 sekolah dilaksanakan sebagai satu upaya SurveyMETER dalam mewujudkan komunitas ramah lansia di sekolah dan kalangan remaja. Sementara kegiatan pendampingan di Dusun Watugedug telah berjalan dalam 2 tahun terakhir dan sekarang kegiatan dapat berjalan secara mandiri. Pendampingan kemudian dialihkan ke Dusun Iroyudan di desa yang sama. Pada tahun pelajaran 2017/2018 ini, di Dusun Watugedug dilaksanakan Program Beasiswa Siswa SMK sebagai upaya untuk mendorong keterlibatan generasi muda dalam kegiatan Posyandu Lansia.

Bupati Bantul, Suharsono, menyambut baik upaya tiga lembaga dalam mewujudkan masyarakat dan kabupaten ramah lanjut usia. Bupati memerintahkan dinas/lembaga yang hadir untuk berkoordinasi lebih lanjut dengan ketiga lembaga dalam melaksanakan program terkait. Suharsono menyampaikan dirinya sekarang berusia 61 tahun, selepas pensiun dari tugas di kepolisian beberapa tahun lalau, sudah menunjukkan kepedulian terhadap komunitas lanjut usia dengan mendirikan paguyuban orang tua pencinta kesehatan dan olah raga “Sumeleh” di tempat tinggalnya, di Kecamatan Sewon. Menurutnya, kini ia harus peduli untuk lansia se-Kabupaten Bantul. Salah satu terobosannya yang sedang dilaksanakan adalah menata jalan raya dan kawasan sekitarnya di ibukota Bantul sebagai wujud penataan ruang terbuka. Nantinya di kawasan tersebut akan dilaksanakan program car free day yang bisa dinikmati semua komunitas termasuk lansia. Bupati menganggarkan 5 juta per minggu untuk menjamu semua komunitas yang berkegiatan saat car free day.

Sementara dinas/lembaga terkait memaparkan bebrapa program kegiatan terkait pembinaan lansia juga sudah dilaksanakan seperti jaminan kesehatan khusus lansia, jaminan sosial lansia, Puskesmas Santun Lansia dan Bina Keluarga Lansia (BKL) yang beberapa di antaranya mendapatkan prestasi nasional. (JF) 

SurveyMETER has been carrying out mentoring programs for the elderly in Watugedug Hamlet, Guwosari Village, Pajangan, Bantul since 2014. Initiated by cadres of elderly assistants currently consisting of 8 women, various activities have been carried out independently such as elderly gymnastics, homecare, gifts for the bedridden, self-financed posyandu to carry out activities, additional food subsidy, data recording related to elderly measurement results, blood pressure measurement, cadre counseling, regeneration, and so on. Unfortunately, there was no involvement of the younger generation during the activity.

Coming in 2017, a new breakthrough was initiated by SurveyMETER to encourage the involvement of the younger generation in assisting the elderly in the hamlet, namely through the Scholarship Program for Vocational High School (SMK) students from Watugedug hamlet who are committed to being actively involved in retirement activities there. The scholarships are given as long as they study for 3 years. It is expected that in the future, they could become successors and represent the young generation of the hamlet to be actively involved in elderly programs.

The selection of prospective scholarship awardees commenced with an administrative selection (only students who were interested in continuing their studies at a vocational senior high school / SMK) carried out in November 2016. Furthermore, on August 17, 2017, the 7 prospective awardees who had actually registered at the SMK were selected naturally to be involved in the elderly gymnastics’ events. It was in series with the commemoration of the 72nd Independence Day of the Republic of Indonesia in Watugedug hamlet.

They were introduced to some simple tasks of activities such as assisting the elderly posyandu cadres in directing the elderly gymnastics participants, picking up (if necessary) for the elderly who live far away, helping with health checks (blood pressure), preparing additional food, and so on.

And above all the introduction stages, the most important thing is the effort to motivate them to be active in productive activities (organizations) while caring for the surrounding environment. (TPA/JF)

SurveyMETER as the initiator of the elderly-friendly community movement attended a formal hearing with the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government that took place on Thursday, January 5, 2016, at 09.00-11.00 a.m. in Meeting Room 1 of the Social Welfare Bureau, Blok G 19th Floor, Jakarta City Hall Complex.

Following up on the elderly mentoring activities at Watugedug hamlet, Guwosari, Pajangan, Bantul, SurveyMETER facilitated the training on “The Traditional Javanese Massage Training to Expiate Elderly Senility” for advanced companion cadres. It was held on Sunday, November 13, 2016, at the hamlet head's house of Watugedug. In addition to being attended by 7 cadres, it was also showed up by a male pre-elderly who actively participated in gymnastics and the elderly posyandu.

It aims to train elderly companion cadres to have skills in performing traditional Javanese massage that can be applied when visiting elderly bedridden homecare targets. On this occasion, the Executive Director of SurveyMETER, Dr. Ni Wayan Suriastini M.Phil, was also present and directly involved throughout the training from beginning to end. The trainers were Ms. Yanti and Ms. Rini, two elderly cadres assisted by the Yakkum Emergency Unit (YEU) from Ngentak Sapen, Sleman. Both are cadres of elderly companions previously trained by YEU in their hamlets respectively.

The single-time training session lasted about 1.5 hours. The speaker first presented an explanation about traditional Javanese massage as a whole and then directly practiced it, and later all the training participants took turns doing massage practices with direct supervision from the instructors.

Javanese massage is a massage technique delivered from generation to generation and traditionally carried out in Javanese society. This traditional anti-senile Javanese massage technique begins with a relaxing massage at 3 points, namely: Raden Panji (left and right calves), Boyok (left and right hip and spine), and Cengel (left and right neck). Each point is massaged for 2 minutes.

Thereafter start squeezing therapy by practicing various massage techniques for 3 minutes at 8 points in a row, such as ngisor pongol (between the thumb and index bones of the left and right toes), ngisor kemiri (located at the bottom of the left and right ankles), raden panji (left and right calves), boyok (left and right waist of the spine) cengel (on the left and right neck), pokping (under the left and right ear bones: to get rid of dizziness, stressed, colds, and insomnolence), pilingan (left and right temples), and embun-embun (crown of the head).

In addition to being appropriate for reducing senility, massage is also pertinent for improving blood circulation, soothing muscles, calming mental tension, and increasing appetite. (TPA/JF)