support from people around him, so that he feels valued, cared for and loved.... Real examples of the most frequently we see and experience is when someone who is sick and had to be hospitalized, his relatives or friends usually comes for a visit.... The visit is the sick sure feeling get social support....
IV. Research Instrument and Discussion
The Information need of Senior Citizen Community in The Wredha
Social support was defined by by Gottlieb (1983) as the information verbal or non-verbal, suggestions, help with real or behavior provided by people who are familiar with the subject in his social environment or in the form of presence and the things that can give you an advantage or emotional effect on the behavior of recipients.... In this case people who feel social support, emotionally feel relieved because the note, got any suggestions or a pleasant impression on him.... Opinions were also expressed by Sarason (1983) who say that social support is the presence, willingness, concern from people who are dependable, appreciate and care for us.... Similar views were also expressed by Cobb which defines social support as a recognition, attention, comfort or help people with attitude, social support condition receives the retrieved from individuals and groups.... Sarason (1983) argues that social support was always includes two things, namely:
• The number of sources of social support available; an individual's perception of a number of people who can be counted as individuals in need of help (an approach based on quantity).
• Level of satisfaction will be an accepted social support; with regard to the individual's perception that his needs will be met (an approach based on quality)
The above matters are understood by individuals who want to provide social support, since it concerns the perception of existence (availability) and accuracy (adequacy) social support for someone.... Social support rather than just giving aid, but what's important is how the perception of the recipient against the significance of the aid.... It is closely related to the accuracy of a given social support, in the sense that the person who receives the very benefit relief for her, because the actual thing and give satisfaction....
From some of the opinions above it can be concluded that social support is a help or support individual received from certain people in his life and is in a specific social environment that makes the recipient feel cared for, cherished and loved.... People who receive social support to understand the meaning of social support given by others....
There are also the elderly who spent much of his old contemplating any potential and deepen science of religion, due to the Wredha that we examined was a Christian owned workhouses so that this in an even more direct the senior citizen to be filling her spare time by studying the science of religion such as the book of the Gospels and books – other religions....