P E RSE P S I L AN S IA POT E NSIAL TE N T AN G P RO G RA M P E M B E RD A Y A AN K A RA N G WERD A DI K ABU P A T E N JEMBE R

Abstract

Ind one sia has numbe r

of e lder pe ople in c re asing

e v e ry

y e ar, so i t ne e ds e mpowerm e nt program for e lder pe ople in orde r their abil it y

and pote nc y

are

able to be

improv e d. Purpose

of the re se arch is to discov e r potential

e lderly

pe rc e pti on about e mpo w e rme nt prog ram of

K arang W e rda in

J e mbe r. T he

re se arch uses de sc ript iv e

re se arch w it h quali tat i v e

approac h and FGD

me thod. T he

inf ormants are se le c ted using

purposi v e

sa m pli ng. T he

re se arch

re sul t show s

that

the inf ormants c har ac terist ic fol low ing the e mpowerm e nt pro gram

of K arang

W e rda in

J e mbe r ar e

be t w e e n 60 –

69 y e ars old, c onsi st of 3 male s and 2 fem ales, hav e

high lev e l e du c ati on. T he

inf ormants hav e

e ntrepre ne urshi p pote nc y . T he

inf ormant in thi s re se ar c h hav e

pe r c e pti on that

the program is able to ful fi l l

psy c hology ne e ds, give

a lot

o f be ne fi ts,

give

posi ti v e

e x pe rienc e , c ha nge

th e

c harac terist ic more

aut onomous, able to be

appli e d in dail y

li fe be c ause the program has posi ti v e

b e ne fi t for their o w n se l f applying program by

he alt hy

li festy le.