At-home reminiscence therapy intervention using videophone(Skype) for elderly people with dementia

• Project/Area Number: 15K20761
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Gerontological nursing
• Research Institution: Nagoya University
• Principal Investigator: Hori Miyako 名古屋大学, 医学系研究科(保健), 助教 (70547562)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
• Keywords: 認知症 / 回想法 / テレビ電話

Outline of Final Research Achievements

There are various nonpharmacological therapy available for elderly people with dementia,and these can improve cognitive ability,QOL and BPSD.Since a substantial number of effects have been reported for reminiscence therapy,we focused on this nonpharmacological intervention. We conducted an intervention study of reminiscence therapy using a videophone(Skype)that elderly people with dementia can use at home for 30 minutes once a week. The result on the 8th week showed that participants demonstrated sight of improvement as measured by the MMSE,HDS-R,VAS,J-ZBI_8,and VAS of the caregivers.