Social relations for long-term care prevention among community-dwelling elderly people

• Project/Area Number: 23593385
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Community health/Gerontological nurisng
• Research Institution: Tokyo Metropolitan University
• Principal Investigator: SAITO Emiko 首都大学東京, 人間健康科学研究科, 教授 (90251230)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): YASUMURA Seiji 福島県立医科大学, 医学部, 教授 (50220158) ; TAKAHASHI Kazuko 宮城大学, 看護学部, 教授 (00315574) ; OH Chu Hyang 首都大学東京, 人間健康科学研究科, 助教 (80511401)
• Research Collaborator: KANZAKI Yuki 首都大学東京, 人間健康科学研究科, 博士後期課程
• Project Period (FY): 2011 – 2013
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2013)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,810,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,110,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
• Keywords: 高齢者 / 要介護状態 / 社会的役割 / 社会的支援 / 要介護認定 / 家族構成 / 地域包括ケア

Research Abstract

The purpose of this study was to identify the risk of functional disability associated with factors of social relations in community-dwelling older adults in Japan. The study suggested that high status of social role was associated with a moderately lower risk of functional disability in older adults. No emotional social support except for family members of living together was associated with a risk of functional disability in elderly people living with their spouse only. We need an assessment that takes social relations into consideration to appropriately identify the risks related to functional disability.

Research Products

• [Presentation] Social role to predict functional disability among community-dwelling older adults in Japan (2013)
  • Author(s): Saito, E., Takahashi, K., & Yasumura, S
  • Organizer: Poster session presented at the meeting of the 141st American Public Health Association Annual Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: Boston
  • Year and Date: 2013-11-04
• [Presentation] Social role to predict functional disability among community-dwelling older adults in Japan (2013)
  • Author(s): Emiko Saito, Kazuko Takahashi, Seiji Yasumura
  • Organizer: 141th American Public Health Association Annual Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: Boston, The United States of America
• [Presentation] Are elderly people living alone or living with a spouse at an increased risk for certification of long-term care need in Japan? (2012)
  • Author(s): Saito, E., Kaneko, C., Ueki, S., & Yasumura, S
  • Organizer: Poster session presented at the meeting of the 12th International Conference of Behavioral Medicine
  • Place of Presentation: Budapest
  • Year and Date: 2012-08-29
• [Presentation] Review of comprehensive health care for elderly people in Japan and other countries (2012)
  • Author(s): Kanzaki, Y., Oh, C. H., Otomo, M., & Saito, E
  • Organizer: Poster session presented at the meeting of the 15th East Asian Forum of Nursing Scholars
  • Place of Presentation: Singapore
  • Year and Date: 2012-02-22
• [Presentation] Review of comprehensive health care for elderly people in Japan and other countries (2012)
  • Author(s): Yuki Kanzaki, Chu-Hyang Oh, Mitsue Otomo, Emiko Saito
  • Organizer: The 15th East Asian Forum of Nursing Scholars
  • Place of Presentation: Shingapole
• [Presentation] Are elderly people living alone or living with a spouse at an increased risk for certification of long-term care need in Japan?
  • Author(s): Emiko Saito, Chikako Kaneko, Shouzoh Ueki, Seiji Yasumura
  • Organizer: 12th International Conference of Behavioral Medicine
  • Place of Presentation: Budapest, Republic of Hungary