SurveyMETER visited Cita Sehat Foundation (CSF) Bantul on Jalan Parangtritis Km. 10 Yogyakarta on Friday, November 20, 2015. The CSF is a health empowerment organization in Indonesia, one of which is on elderly group assistance. The visit was done by the SurveyMETER Executive Director, Dr. Ni Wayan Suriastini M.Phil, accompanied by Dian Purnomo, the author of a book about Alzheimer's and Dementia “The Moment When My Mother Forgets Me”.

Since the CSF has been assisting the elderly for 2 years at one of the hamlets in Pleret village of Bantul district, the venture aimed to share knowledge and mentoring on how to take care of the elderly. Dwi Endah Kurniasih, SKM as the Regional Head of CSF, welcomed the visitors. Direct visits to assisted hamlets were also carried out in this activity to meet health cadres and the elderly who are the target of the home visit program.

CSF has been carried out program activities in assisting the elderly including posyandu for the elderly, hypertension club, diabetes club, home visit, nutrition garden, and almsgiving of garbage exchange for money to fund elderly activities in the village. Some programs would be adaptively implemented in the villages assisted by SurveyMETER such as at Guwosari village, Pajangan, Bantul. CSF would also include elderly cadres from Guwosari in the upcoming cadre training. (TPA/JF)