Hubungan Antara Dukungan Keluarga Dengan Harga Diri Lansia Di Kelurahan Kebun Bunga Kecamatan Sukarami Palembang

Background: Elderly is a condition characterized by decrease is ability of the body's function to maintain the body's balance against physiological stress conditions. The elderly will experience a variety of changes, namely physical, cognitive (memory), sexual, social, feelings or attitudes and negative views of aging. This change will provide an influence on all aspects of the elderly's life itself and includes self-concept, such as body image, ideal self, self identity, role and self-esteem. Aim : the purposed in this study was to known the relationship between family support and elderly self-esteem in kebun bunga kelurahan sukarami Palembang. Method: This research uses analytical survey method with cross sectional approach to 57 respondents with cluster sampling technique. The data was collected using a questionnaire and analyzed by Kendall's Tau test. Result: The majority of female respondents were 36 people (63.2%), elderly (elderly) 60-74 years old 45 people (78.9%), Islam 52 people (91.2%), elementary school education 37 people (64 , 9%), and not working 53 people (93.0%). Kendall's Tau test results show that there is a strong positive relationship between family support and elderly self-esteem. (r = 0.665; p = 0.001). It is expected for the elderly to increase self-esteem in fulfilling their needs, and the family also motivates to provide support, especially for health workers, especially in the flower garden area participating in participating in the provision of education