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Incorporating a behavior analysis method into the caring practice for elderly people with dementia.

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15592316
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Community health/Gerontological nurisng
Research InstitutionHIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY (2005)
Osaka University (2003-2004)

Principal Investigator

IMAKAWA Shinji  Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Education, Associate Professor, 大学院・教育学研究科, 助教授 (00211756)

Project Period (FY) 2003 – 2005
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2005)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2003: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000)
Keywordsnursing home / elderly people with dementia / behavioral analysis / wandering behavior / social interactions / emotion expression behaviors / 追跡観察 / 痴呆性高齢者 / 屋内徘徊 / スタッフの関与 / 行動観察 / 社会的相互交渉
Research Abstract

This research aimed to collect the longitudinal data on the daily life behaviors, the social interactions and the emotional expression behaviors among elderly people with dementia at a nursing home. Furthermore, data were collected intensively for the subjects who show problem behaviors such as wandering.
The participants of this research were six elderly people with dementia reside in a nursing home in Shimabara City, Nagasaki Prefecture, whose severalty of dementia was from severe to moderate. All the participants were females. The digital video camcorder was used for the observation according to a predetermined schedule. The every daytime scene, from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., was divided into six two-hour sections, and ten-minute scene involving one resident was videotaped during each section. About this research, the ethical conditions about video photography were cleared, the informed consent about video photography was obtained from the institute and relatives of all participants.
The frequency of the postural change(stand to sit, sit to stand, etc.) and the operant movement of the subjects were declined as year goes on. Additionally, the frequency of the spontaneous head orientation to other people and the looking after the movements of other residents or care staffs were also progressively diminished. Responsiveness to the action by other people also gradually declined. However, such behaviors as brow-up and smiling that are used as greeting toward other people were not disappeared. The frequency of the positive emotional expressions did not show a conspicuous change with age.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2005 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2004 Annual Research Report
  • 2003 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (8 results)

All 2006 2005 2004 Other

All Journal Article (5 results) Publications (3 results)

  • [Journal Article] 認知症高齢者の俳徊・外出行動の分析2006

    • Author(s)
      今川 真治
    • Journal Title

      広島大学大学院教育学研究科紀要 54

      Pages: 363-371

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] The analysis of the wandering behavior of an elderly person with dementia in a nursing home.2006

    • Author(s)
      Imakawa Shinji
    • Journal Title

      Bulletin of the graduate school of Education, Hiroshima University 54

      Pages: 363-371

    • NAID

      120000882013

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] グループホームにおける認知症高齢者の徘徊・外出行動の分析2005

    • Author(s)
      今川真治
    • Journal Title

      広島大学大学院教育学研究科紀要 54

      Pages: 363-371

    • NAID

      120000882013

    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] グループホームにおける痴呆性高齢者の行動分析-常同化した外出行動を示すMさんの場合-2004

    • Author(s)
      今川真治
    • Journal Title

      日本発達心理学会第15回大会発表論文集

      Pages: 417-417

    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] グループホームにおける痴呆性高齢者の徘徊行動の分析3-職員の対応と屋内徘徊行動との関係-2004

    • Author(s)
      今川真治
    • Journal Title

      老年社会科学 26(2)

      Pages: 257-257

    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 今川真治, 小関みどり: "グループホームにおける痴呆性高齢者の徘徊行動の分析1-玄関出入りの記録から読み取れること"老年社会科学. 25巻2号. 161 (2003)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 今川真治: "グループホームにおける痴呆性高齢者の徘徊行動の分析2"日本心理学会第67回大会発表論文集. 1110 (2003)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 今川真治: "グループホームにおける痴呆性高齢者の行動分析-常同化した外出行動を示すMさんの場合-"日本発達心理学会第15回大会発表論文集. 417 (2004)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report

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