| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥1,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥1,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000)
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| Research Abstract |
The 2004 research purpose was to clarify the meaning of independence in the elderly living alone in rural community. The subjects were 16 elders living alone and 10 professions in a rural area. The method was micro-ethnography. As a result, two meanings of independence in the elderly living alone in the rural community ; <maintaining of own dignity> and, <living together the culture of rural community> were detected. And moreover, the former includes "The self decision-making", "The self-help effort to maintain the living alone", and "The vitality enough for living alone", and the latter includes "Dignity to the rural community culture" and "Adaptation to the rural natural environment". It is necessary for health promotion of elders living alone in the rural community to understand their cultural meanings.
The 2005 research purpose was to investigate prevalence of depressive state and clarify the related factors among the elderly living alone in urban community. The subjects were 250 elders living alone in Tokyo. The method was the mail survey with unsigned and self-writing questionnaires. The contents of the questionnaires were demographic data, depressive state (GDS-15), The Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology index of competence, social networks, number of the health medical welfare service, outing frequency, and so on. As a result, the prevalence of depressive state was 43.6%, and a period of living alone, a degree of long-term care need, and social networks were significantly related to the depressive state. It is necessary for the elderly living alone in urban area to support their mental health and social networks.
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