The Effect of Social and Participation Environmental Factors on Achievement of The Well-being for Elderly

Elderly was part of the growth and development process. The existence of physical deterioration
and social changes lead to dependency on the activity of its sovereignty. Elderly who were
accustomed for having the activity will be more independent than the elderly who were in
dependency. Family environment in the form of family support and community support, can affect
the condition of the elderly well-being. Elderly are part of the family, which was expected to provide
support in the achievement of physical well-being. Whereas the elderly themselves, because of
decreasing process in the physical, psychological, social and mental ability, resulted in a lessening
in the role and status of the elderly in the family. This study aims to determine the relationship
between the family and society, the independence of the elderly with the elderly well-being.
Descriptive analytic with cross sectional approach was used in recent study. Samples include 400
elderly and families in Surabaya with Multistage Random Sampling technique. Collecting data
using interviews and observation. Confirmatory Factor Analysis was used in the data analysis. The
result showed that family environment that supports the well-being of the elderly was an
environment that provides opportunities for elderly to participate in daily activities, family support
which given in the achievement of the elderly well-being were the instrumental support in the form
of fulfilling the daily needs, harmonious home environment; emotional support in the form of trust
in the family, a sense of care to the elderly. Results of the data analysis showed the value of the
social environment, loading factor 0,72; social networking loading factor 0,71, self
independency-loading factor of 0.33; and problems faced by the elderly in the family 0,66; Chisquare
4.97, p-value = 0,17500 RMSEA = 0.0006. It showed that the family and the community
environment with the provision of family support, independence having a significant influence on
the elderly well-being. The role of nurses was important to raise families and the elderly, so that the
health, well-being and quality of life of the elderly can properly be met.
Keywords : family support, the well-being of the elderly,