Merapi eruption can cause a psychological traumatic for elderly such as depression, increase disability, and decrease quality of life. We need to train the cadres to make an elderly care village. The study aim is to know the influence of cadre training on knowledge and skill for elderly healthiness. This study uses secondary data from community research on May until September 2018 in Desa Purwobinangun, Sleman. The target is cadres and 80 elderlies in Desa Purwobinangun, Sleman. The tools in this study such as Module Ramah dan Sehat Lansia, Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS), Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), questionnaire about knowledge and skills of traditional games, and questionnaire about early detection and treatment in old age health. The data will be shown in quantitative data. After trained, the result was showed: 1) average points of knowledge about health problem in old age especially in social support increased 50%; traditional game increased 30%; old friendly increased 45%; and brain games increased 40%. 2) average points of skills to treat elderly health problem especially in social support elevated 19,81%; traditional games rose 17,02%; elderly care increased 27,58%; and brain games increased 28,68%. 3) tendency to get health problem in elderly: hypertension decreased 8,75%, diabetes mellitus stayed at 37 subjects; depression decreased 22,5%; good cognitive increased 16,25%; moderate cognitive impairment decreased 16,28%; and severe cognitive impairment stayed at 9 subjects; and low quality of life was decreased 27,5%). Cadres empowerment can increase knowledge and skill of cadre to treat health problems in elderly.
Process of Old Age Stress Leading to Suicidal Ideation： Focus on Mediator of Social Support, Mastery, and Depression