a study on collaboration with medical institutions to solve the elderly abuse

Research Project

Project/Area Number	24653158
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Social welfare and social work studies
Research Institution	Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital and Institute of Gerontology
Principal Investigator	KIKUCHI Kazunori 地方独立行政法人東京都健康長寿医療センター(東京都健康長寿医療センター研究所), 東京都健康長寿医療センター研究所, 研究員 (00271560)
Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha)	ISHIZAKI Tatsuro 地方独立行政法人東京都健康長寿医療センター(東京都健康長寿医療センター研究所), 東京都健康長寿医療センター研究所, 研究部長 (30246045) ITO Mio 地方独立行政法人東京都健康長寿医療センター(東京都健康長寿医療センター研究所), 東京都健康長寿医療センター研究所, 研究員 (20450562)
Project Period (FY)	2012-04-01 – 2014-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2013)
Budget Amount *help	¥3,510,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥810,000) Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000) Fiscal Year 2012: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
Keywords	高齢者虐待 / 医療との連携 / 地域包括支援センター / 病院 / 在宅療養支援診療所 / 居宅介護支援事業所 / 訪問看護ステーション / 認知症 / 医療と介護の連携
Research Abstract	To solve elderly abuse by family caregivers, cooperation of medical institutions is necessary. However, cooperation of medical institutions is not enough. To promote cooperation to resolve elderly abuse of the medical institutions, a mail survey was conducted with relevant organizations and medical institutions in Tokyo. As a result, 1)payment of medical expenses, 2)solving of threats by family caregivers, 3)medical consent for the elderly by family, 4)temporary protection to medical institutions by the authority of local government, 5)appointment of a guardian had been required by medical institutions.