ABSTRAK
Tujuan penelitian model pemberdayaan lansia ini menganalisis bentukdukungan sosial dari keluarga, teman, tetangga, masyarakat, pihak swasta,yayasan, dan pemerintah didalam upaya pemberdayaan lansia. Selanjutnyamenganalisis model pemberdayaan yang bersifat self-help dengan dukungan sosialdilakukan oleh komunitas lansia dahlia senja. Metode yang digunakan dalampenelitian ini adalah kualitatif. Dengan metode kualitatif penulis melakukanwawancara mendalam, observasi, dokumentasi, merekam, dan mencatatinformasi.Hasil penelitian ini memperlihatkan bahwa model pemberdayaan padakomunitas lansia dahlia senja dengan pendekatan bottom-up, karenapemberdayaannya bersifat self-help bersinergi dengan dukungan sosial. Dengankekuatan self-help yang dimiliki komunitas lansia dahlia senja, lansia memperolehdukungan sosial diantaranya datang dari keluarga, teman, tetangga, donatur, pihakswasta, yayasan, dan unsur pemerintah. Dukungan tersebut berupa dukunganemosional, informasi, dukungan instrument (barang dan jasa), danpenilaian/appraisal. Model pemberdayaan lansia melalui kegiatan produktif padakomunitas lansia dahlia senja adalah kombinasi dari pemberdayaan Self-help danSocial Support dengan individual-kelompok. Di setiap kegiatannya individu lansiaterinspirasi dari peran ketua komunitasnya. Produk-produk yang dihasilkan lansiadidalam pendampingan pemberdayaan didalam kegiatan produktif komunitas inidapat memotivasi lansia lain.

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ABSTRACT
The purpose of this elderly empowerment model study is to analyze theform of social support from family, friends, neighbors, community, privateparties, foundations, and government in empowering elderly. Next analyze theself-help empowerment model with social support done by elderly communitydahlia senja. The method used in this research is qualitative. With qualitativemethods the authors conducted in-depth interviews, observation, documentation,record, and record information.The results of this study show that the empowerment model in elderlycommunity dahlia senja with bottom-up approach, because the empowerment isself-help synergize with social support. With the power of self-help that belongsto the elderly community of dahlia senja, the elderly obtain social support amongothers coming from family, friends, neighbors, donors, private parties,foundations, and government elements. Support is in the form of emotionalsupport, information, support instruments (goods and services), and assessment /appraisal. The elderly empowerment model through productive activities in theelderly community of dahlia senja is a combination of self-help empowerment andSocial Support with individual-groups. In every activity the elderly are inspired bythe role of community leader. The products produced by the elderly in theassistance of empowerment in the productive activities of this community canmotivate other elderly.