Penemuan makna hidup pada insan pasca stroke

Abstract

This study aims to potrayal of the meaning of life post-stroke human being. The process of the invention the meaning of life was divided into five stages: suffering phase, self-acceptance phase, meaning the discovery phase, meaning the realization phase, and meaningful life phase. In the discovery phase of the meaning of life in it contains the source of meaning in life in the form of creative values, experiental values, attitudinal values, and hopes values. In addition, it also discusses the factors that influence of post-stroke human beings find meaning in life. The approach used in this study is qualitative approach that aims to obtain a thorough and complete understanding of the cases. Data collected methods used were observation and in-depth interviews. The study involved three people over the age of post-stroke human being 45-54 years who suffered paralysis as a research subject. Based on the results of the analysis showed that all three subjects suffer physically and mentally. But only two subjects who can change the condition of the suffering becomes meaningful appreciation of life. The existence of the values obtained from the suffering becomes an important source for the subject in the meaning of life. The implications of this study are expected, human beings can better interpret post-stroke life by doing activities that can support the healing process for the family and can continue to provide guidance and motivation to the human being in order to achieve post-stroke recovery.