THE EFFECT OF COUNSELING USING THE DEMONSTRATION METHOD ON CHANGES IN TOOTH BRUSHING SKILLS OF THE ELDERLY AT THE PASEAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER

Abstract

Background: The elderly are a vulnerable group to financial with health imbalances. The lack
of understanding of the elderly about dental health is caused by nescience. Counseling is carried
out so that eldelry able to identify and prevent dental and oral problems. Improving the skills
of the elderly is the best way to maintain dental health, namely by using the demonstration
method, so that the elderly can be skilled in brushing their teeth and avoid dental and oral health
problems. Method: Current study uses a qualitative analytical approach by monitoring 36
elderly people at the Pasean Community Health Center as respondents. Data were collected
through a checklist observation sheet that measures the level of elderly people's tooth brushing
skills at the Pasean Community Health Center. Data analysis used the Quasi Experiment
technique. Results: The results of the study showed that there was an influence between the
demonstration method counseling on transformation with the elderly's tooth brushing skills at
the Pasean Health Center, value the Asymp. Sig. (2-tailed) is .000 which was smaller relative
to (0.05). This implied before counseling was carried out by applying the demonstration
technique, elderly skill with brushing teeth was include to category of needing guidance, and
after counseling was carried out by applying the demonstration technique, eldelry skill with
brushing teeth was include to very good category.