CHINESE ETHNIC ELDERLY: HEALTHY LIFE PATTERNS AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN OLD AGE

Abstract

This study examines and explores the healthy lifestyle of the Chinese ethnic elderly in the city of Makassar.  The healthy lifestyle of the elderly was analyzed based on the internal conditions and external conditions of the Chinese ethnic elderly based on Friedman's theory. The results of this study indicate that the lifestyle of the Chinese ethnic elderly in Makassar externally includes no longer inherits the healthy behavior and habits of their parents, such as no longer drinking Shinshe-style herbal concoctions which are usually made from roots, bark, tree branches, and dried flowers as a herbal concoction that is boiled and then drunk. The ethnic Chinese elderly prefer herbal medicines that have been packaged in capsule form.