IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ELDERLY FAMILY DEVELOPMENT (BKL) PROGRAM IN TUAH MADANI DISTRICT, PEKANBARU CITY

Abstract

The Elderly Family Development Program (BKL) is a program developed by BKKBN ti improve the knowledge, attitudes, and skills of the elderly to support the achievement of resilient elederly through seven dimensions, namely the spiritual dimension, the intellectual dimension, the physical dimension, the emotional dimension, the social dimension of society, the proffesional dimension of vocational and the enviromental dimension. This study aims to find out the Implementation of the Elderly Family Development Program (BKL) in Tuah Madani District, Pekanbaru City and what are the Factors that hinder the Implementation of the Elderly Family Development Program (BKL) in TUah Madani District, Pekanbaru City. This research was conducted using a qualitative research method with infromants from the Head of Family Resilience and Welafre at DPPKB Pekanbaru City, staff at DPPKB, Family Planning Field Officers (PLKB), BKL cadres, BKL members, and communities in Tuah Madani Disctrict, Pekanbaru City. The results of study show that the Elderly Family Development Program (BKL) in Tuah Madani Disctrict, Pekanbaru City has not been running optimally, which can ben seen from several indicators of main activities and development activities. The inhibiting factors are (1) Lack of budget in the implementation of the BKL program (2) Lack of awareness of the elderly community to participate (3) Lack of socialization to the community (4) Limited understanding of cadres (5) Limited infrastcutures facilities (6) Cadres who are not given honorarium so that they are less consistent or active in carrying out BKL activities (7) Insufficient field officers for a large area.