| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,380,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥780,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
To compare the social cognition trajectory between older people with dementia and children, social cognition in 165 preschool and elementary school children was assessed using Yamaguchi facial expression-making task (Y-FEMT). Results were compared with those for older people with dementia. Y-FEMT scores for children improved with age. Scores on the face’s fundamental structure improved in the early stages; scores on the ability to make emotional facial expressions subsequently improved in contrast to the trajectory of declining scores for older people with Alzheimer-type dementia due to disease progression.
A survey of 380 health and social service professionals caring for older people with dementia, revealed low awareness of social cognition, but over 80% of the participants regarded social cognition a useful indicator in caring for older people with dementia.
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