include family and friends. Formal support system includes a team of local social security, medication programs and social welfare. Semiformal supports include assistance and interaction provided by the surrounding environmental organizations such as associations recitals, churches, or association of local senior citizens. Sources of informal supports are usually chosen by the elderly themselves. Often based on the relationship that has existed for so long. Encouragement, enthusiasm or support from family members, the community, is needed by the elderly. The types of informal support, formal and semiformal what are available for the elderly related to his past.

Autonomy

Elderly dependency occurs when they are experiencing decreasing function sublime / senile or suffering from various diseases. Dependency of elderly living in urban areas will be charged to children, especially female children (Herwanto 2002). Female children in general are expected to be able to help or take care of them when people are elderly. Female child in accordance with his image that has the attitude of gentleness, patience and the absence of the element of "shy" to ask to be served. Pressure occurs when the elderly do not have a child or children go to the urbanization of the city. They expect help from close relatives, distant relatives, and then the last one is the Seniors nursing homes that have the highest degree of independence of the elderly couple who are physically quite vibrant health. Of socio-economic aspects can be said if it is adequate to meet all kinds of needs, both elderly who have children or not have children.