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Develop a "connecting with others scale" to old adults with dementia

Research Project

Project/Area Number 23792738
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Community health/Gerontological nurisng
Research InstitutionThe University of Tokushima (2013-2014)
University of Kochi (2011-2012)

Principal Investigator

OSAKA Kyoko  徳島大学, ヘルスバイオサイエンス研究部, 講師 (30553490)

Project Period (FY) 2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
Budget Amount *help
¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Keywords認知症 / 高齢者 / BPSD / つながり感 / BPSD
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia are often associated with greater functional impairment. Loss of connection is the fundamental emotional sign of persons with dementia. Dementia patients need some sense or feelings of ‘connecting with others’. The aim of this study is to explore the experience of the feeling of “connecting with others” using the behavioral observation method. Four dementia patients over 65 years old were observed.
The behavior themes were clustered into a thematic category of feeling “connecting with others”. These included [smiling], [humorous], [eye movement for the others], and [touch own or other’s body]. Another behavioral theme “not feeling connection” was based on five categories [verbal abuse and insufficient speech and behavior in context], [not communicating with others], [uncomfortable facial expression], [violent behavior], [following other persons (clinging vine)] and [abulia].

Report

(5 results)
  • 2014 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2013 Research-status Report
  • 2012 Research-status Report
  • 2011 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (1 results)

All 2015

All Presentation (1 results)

  • [Presentation] ”Connecting with Others”:A Nursing Phenomenon in Caring for Institutionalized Older adults with Dementia2015

    • Author(s)
      大坂京子
    • Organizer
      International Association for Human Caring
    • Place of Presentation
      New Orleans , USA
    • Year and Date
      2015-05-20 – 2015-05-23
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2011-08-05   Modified: 2019-07-29  

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