The most important is that we are still alive' The voice of elderly who survived from the Lombok earthquakes - Herni Susanti, Heni Dwi ...

‘The most important is that
we are still alive’
The voice of elderly who
survived from the Lombok
earthquakes
Herni Susanti, Heni Dwi Windarwati, Budi Anna
Keliat, Yahya

LOMBOK ISLAND
• First Occured in August 8, 2018
                                   Background
• Major earthquake (≥5 Richter Scale) occured more
  than hundreds
• Total earthquake was about 635 earthquake in
  August 2018
• Casualities (Per August, 15) : North Lombok 374
  fatalities, West Lombok 37 fatalities, city of
  Mataram 9 fatalities, East Lombok 12 fatalities,
  Center Lombok2 fatalities, and city of Denpasar
  (Bali) 2 fatalities.

Background

 Number of Elderly In Lombok (Per August, 2015)
      City                Male             Female
 West Lombok              23901             27171
Central Lombok            37305             42630
  East Lombok This study 46272
                          was exploring
                                            52987
            Thehow
 North Lombok       eldery8041
                 survivors to
                            aresurvive in
                                 including  8460
                        shelters
             elderly as one of the most
   Mataram                14022
                  vulnerable   group        17528

Method

   This study utilized a          Data were collected
  descriptive qualitative      through FGD with elderly
          design.                    in 4 shelters.

The inclusion criteria were
determined based on age,
                               A thematic approach was
    experienced direct
                               adopted for data analysis.
   victims, and lived in
 shelter after the disaster.

Results

41 elderly (60-85 y.o),
 31 females and 10         Each focus group      5 themes were
males, participated in    consist 4-14 people.      identified
    4 focus group.

Be grateful because still alive
• “I am very grateful. I don’t care about the
  destroyed house, Alhamdulillah [thank God], we
  are still alive”.
• “Alhamdulillah, the most important is I can survive
• “I am alive, I can survive, just be grateful”.

Be patient because it is a test

  • “it is a test, are we still patient. Yes, whether we
                are patient or not, we are still praying.
                 • “I Think that it is a test of our faith”.
              • “We will be better if we pass this test”.
• “My family has accepted this disaster. We will get
           reward from the God if we pass [this test]”.

Be calm down because family
member have gathered

• “The most important is we are gathered in here,
  about house and other problems…we don’t care
  about it”.
• “ I am feeling better in here, although we asleep in
  this tent, as long as my family has been gathered”
• “ I have to be strong, and still calm, my family has
  been gathered, I have to protect them”

Helping each other amongst
  family members and neighbours
         • “I’m staying here because I’ve got many
     friends, everyone are helping each other. I’m
                            feeling safe in shelter”.
  • “I am happy , even we are not family, we just
        like family right now, we help each other”.
• “We are helping each other, some people have
        task to cook, someone else will looking for
       logistic and water, and another people will
   help to guard this shelter or taking care of the
                                          ill people”.

Spiritual activities
• “When the night comes, we read qur’an, pray
  together, it make me feel better”.
• “we are praying for the victims, we will send
  our pray every night after maghrib prayer”
• “to spend my time, sometimes I pray, read the
  holy book”
• “We still teach Quran to children in this
  shelter”.

Discussion

Elderly in lombok experienced
some feelings of lost,
depressed, and exhausted

Elderly can survive because
they have some protective
factors, both from inside and
outside themselves

Conclusion

                  This study could identify some
                  protective factors of elderly in
                              lombok

    Nurses as well as relevant
helpers have important roles to
utilize the result of this study to
optimize the protective factors.