Health

Older people experience significant changes physically, psychologically, and socially. These changes certainly affect all aspects of older people's life, including health. Rifky Riyandi Prastyawan tried to develop gymnastic movements that could improve the physical fitness and psychological and social wellbeing of older people in his dissertation research. According to him, these older adults deserve a healthier life if they get the right gymnastic exercise pattern. In addition, if older people remain healthy and fit, they can live independently without depending on others.

"The number of UNY retirees is 903 people consisting of 374 lecturers and 529 staff members," said the UNY Retirees Association (IKAPEN) chairman, Dr. Sardiman. With many members, IKAPEN seeks to create work programs that support improving the quality of life of retirees. So far, IKAPEN has carried out workshops and health tests, gymnastics, recreational tours once a year, social services, karawitan exercises, talent search events for older adults, and visits to seniors.
 

"The number of Indonesian pilgrims aged 60 years and over reaches 25.31%. For these elderly pilgrims, if the departure is not well prepared, there will be various risks of health problems," said Prof. Dr. Yudik Prasetyo, M.Kes. AIFO, during his inauguration as a professor on May 6, 2023 at the Performance Hall of the Faculty of Language and Cultural Arts UNY.

Based on data from WHO, the number of elderly people tends to continue to increase, reaching 1 billion in 2019, then increasing in 2030 with an estimate of 1.4 billion and in 2050 reaching 2.1 billion. In Indonesia, in 2019 the number of elderly people reached 25.9 million, in 2025 it is projected that the number of elderly people will increase to 33.7 million and will continue to increase until 2035, estimated to be 48.2 million people (Ministry of Health, 2021).

UNY held a series of sports matches between faculties/units in the framework of its 59th Anniversary. This series of activities began with a badminton match on May 2-3, 2023. The Rector of UNY, Prof. Dr. Sumaryanto, officially opened this series of activities by hitting the shuttlecock toward the line of players. "We hold this series of sports matches to have fun. I hope there will be no disputes due to score problems or other technical problems. There are several sports that we will compete in.

Students of the Department of Sport Science and the Department of Sport Education UNY had the opportunity to learn directly with two Sports Professors from the University of Seville, Spain. In the first session, Prof. Luis Carrasco Paez, Ph.D. gave a lecture on "Sports Physiology". For the second session, Prof. Francis Ries, Ph.D. gave a lecture on "Physical Education for Elementary and Secondary Teachers".

In order to improve services at the Health and Sport Center (HSC) UNY, the HSC manager held a health test training using the Quantum Resonance Magnetic Analyzer (QRMA) hand press set on Friday, February 24, 2023 at GPLA FIKK 3rd Floor. Present as speakers, Mrs. Musanti from Kalbe Farma and Dr. Kartika Ratna Pertiwi, Ph.D. from the HSC UNY medical team.

Musanti explained the use of the QRMA tool for health tests technically without taking blood but utilizing magnetic waves to scan. The tool is one of the technological developments in the health sector.

"As a retiree, we must always maintain our strength and health, especially at this age. That's why we always regularly hold aerobics together, not only for our health but also to maintain friendship among retirees like us," said the chairperson of IKAPEN (The association of retiree) UNY, Dr. Sardiman, as he opened the aerobics event with IKAPEN UNY on Sunday morning (19/2) in the courtyard of the Rectorate of Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta. This aerobics activity is held regularly, and was attended by at least 60 retirees from various units and faculties within UNY.

Rector and the other executives of FIKK (Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences) UNY received a delegation from the Faculty of Medicine, Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa University (UNTIRTA), Banten to discuss and share knowledge related to the management and development of physical therapy clinics that have developed at UNY. The Health and Sports Center (HSC) UNY became a reference for a model study of the development of a physical therapy clinic that will be developed at UNTIRTA.

Health service is important to support activities on campus. UNY recognize that a health body is an asset in education implementation. UNY's commitment to supporting the health of academic community is manifested in efforts to establish Health facilities in collaboration with PT Kimia Farma Diagnostika (KFD).