PERLAKUAN BUDAYA TERHADAP LANSIA (Studi Kasus Kehidupan Lansia Batak Karo, di Desa Lingga Sumatera Utara)

The increase of the elderly population requires special concern and treatment in implementation of development.The programs are geared to improve the social function of the elderly who has medical, social, politic and culturalproblems. The role of family as the primary support system in caring elderly are such as; take care or nursing elderly;maintaining and improving mental status; anricipating economic changing and motivating and facilitating spiritualneeds that can’t be seperated with values and customs as a culture adopted by a family. However, every different etnictreat and respect the elderly in different way and different culture. This research use the fenomenologist qualitativeapproach, that conducted in Lingga to 5 elderly family and 100 respondents that randomly chosen. Data collected byusing questinare, participant observation and deep interview. The result shows that elderly concept in Karonese can bevariously interpreted. Karonese elderly are independent people caused by Rebu and disgrace practice. The treatment ofKaronese family to elderly is the result of the independence of the elderly