Implementation of Spiritual Health (SS) for the Elderly at Griya Wreda Surabaya

Abstract

The implementation of Spiritual Health is aimed at providing solutions to the identity, activity, and health issues of the elderly at Griya Wreda Jambangan. Based on a comprehensive situation analysis, the elderly require strengthening their identity, religious, and spiritual activities to improve their health, create a happy elderly population, and prepare for a peaceful end of life in accordance with their respective religions. The purpose of this community service is to improve the spirituality of the elderly at Griya Wreda Surabaya. This community service program was conducted in three stages: preparation, implementation, and evaluation. Thirty-two Muslim elderly residents at the Griya Wreda Surabaya UPTD were targeted. The spiritual approach used included intention, beginning with "basmalah" (praise be to God) and ending with "alkhamdulillah" (praise be to God), as well as gratitude and resignation (repentance). The media used for this community service were intention and worship leaflets. Results of community service throughoutElderly people perform their intentions, which are recited according to the activity they are undertaking. They also recite the basmalah (praise be to God) before any activity and the hamdalah (praise be to God) after completion. The final stage is gratitude and resignation by surrendering all affairs to Allah. Elderly people replace complaints with positive ones, such as asking for forgiveness and asking for the truth (taahi). Elderly people who have been blessed with a long life are expected to become more devout and devout in their worship of Allah. This is also intended to prepare them for achieving a good end at the end of their lives