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70 percent mental health patients in community suffers anemia

After the mental health budget from Bali’s government being cut 90% in year 2010 does not make Suryani Institute stop their service to the mentally ill people. Leaving the patients back to their dark side situation and left them with no treatment is not something that the institute have in their heart. In-fact with all the effort they can provide for the patients, the institute uncovered more dark reality that 70 percent of the mental health patients in community suffers anemia.

“It’s a reality that shocked me to see the patients become no energy and have no intention to work after our treatment were mostly because there’s not enough blood in their body due to anemia condition”, said Professor Luh Ketut Suryani during one of her regular visit to community last week in Karangasem Regency.

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University of Vermont search for Consciousness, Culture, and Community in Bali

The Balinese perspective provides a compelling contrast to many western people with profound implications for the maintenance of individual and collective well-being and the resolution of imbalances in western societies. In Bali, where the arts are important primary or secondary activities, can help to feel connected to how the Balinese approach daily life at work and relaxation, socially, organizationally, and ritually, while continuing to deepen and explore and embody for Consciousness, Culture, and sense of Community.

“Western education and thinking tends to emphasize the rational mind, categorization, analyzing, splitting, and prominent elements in the foreground of our awareness”, said David Osgood Ed.D, M.P.H as he explained the reason bringing University of Vermont students to Bali.

 

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Training on Trainee Understanding Elderly Care for Replication in other parts of Indonesia

As your loved one grows older, you may find yourself shouldering the responsibility for his or her care. Should your loved one’s medical needs grow too extensive for you to handle alone; you may start to consider looking for a long term care to understand the elderly care. United Nations (2002) data predict that the percentage of Indonesians over the age of 60 will rise from 7 to 8 per cent of the population today to 13 per cent in 2025.  Comparable shifts in Europe took fifty years in the case of Britain and over a century in France. Not only is the speed of change remarkable, the scale of the Indonesian situation is mind-boggling. Due to a still rapidly growing national population, in absolute terms elderly numbers will increase by 300 to 400 per cent.

“With the growing number of elderly and no intention from the government to make the healthy elderly still healthy, I feel the calling to help them since 1988 and today we got help from Boehringer Ingelheim Indonesia to replicate the program that I’ve developed since 1988”, said Professor Luh Ketut Suryani when give the keynote speech during the Training on Trainee program at Puri Nusa Indah Hotel, Denpasar.

 

 

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Stichting Sukacita joined teach the teachers program

Balinese society in a state of emergency due to get a lot of influence from outside Bali, either because of globalization as well as technological progress. In the early years, children may have some difficulties in learning to move skilfully. For some children, the muscles and nerves that control body movements may not be properly formed or may become damaged causing a physical disability. Children with intellectual disabilities are born with a special purpose in life, they help us to take a deeper look at ourselves.

“There are many people want to help the children with disabilities but most of them forget to train our local teacher, so in other way we bring new colonial to our island”, said Professor Luh Ketut Suryani as she pleased with the joint support from Stichting Sukacita to teach the teachers for disabilities children.

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