Psychological Reasons of Minangkabau Elderly to Stay in Nursing Home (Case Study at Sabai Nan Aluih Nursing Home)

摘要

The presence of nursing homes in the Minangkabau community affects the psychological reasons for elderly living in nursing homes. This qualitative research is to uncover the reasons of the elderly to decide for living in a nursing home. From the results of the study it was found that elderly women settled in nursing homes on the grounds of not having a family, not having daughter, not respectful sons-in-law, afraid of offending children and son in-laws as well as being a burden to them. Meanwhile, elderly men choose to stay in nursing homes because their wives had been died as they feel uncomfortable anymore living in the wife's family environment, do not have sibling daughter as feel they have no right to live in the Rumah Gadang and the position as Ninik Mamak did not exist anymore. It can be concluded that elderly Minangkabau who decide to live in a nursing home have negative psychological reasons for living in their family environment.