| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study aims to identify characteristics of decision-making capacity among the elderly with dementia, and examines methods to evaluate various abilities. We evaluated four functional abilities (understand, appreciate, express a choice, reasoning) by creating a questionnaire about meals based on the MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool for Treatment (MacCAT-T). Results of interviews with 35 elderly with dementia and 35 elderly without dementia showed that the ‘understand’ ability was significantly lower in the elderly with dementia than in those without, due to the influence of cognitive dysfunction; both groups had similarly high scores in the ‘appreciate’ and ‘express a choice’ abilities. For the ‘reasoning’ ability, the score of the elderly with dementia was significantly lower than in those without, and it is suggested that the elderly with dementia would have difficulties in comparing answer choices and guessing results.
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