An epidemiological study for constructing a support method to improve activities and participation of life function of frail elderly living in the community

2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16K09150
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Hygiene and public health
• Research Institution: Kansai University of Welfare Sciences
• Principal Investigator: YURI YOSHIMI 関西福祉科学大学, 保健医療学部, 准教授 (40711320)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 辻 陽子 関西福祉科学大学, 保健医療学部, 講師 (00636235)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2020-03-31
• Keywords: 介護予防 / 生活目標 / 活動と参加 / 虚弱高齢者 / 介護予防ケアマネジメント / 通所型サービスC / 目標設定 / 多職種連携

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The “self-support” for the mild need long-term care is essential issue in the high aging society. However, the effective methods still remain unclear because of difficulties in multidisciplinary team.
We constructed the preventive care management by a multidisciplinary approach with Life Goal Setting Technique (LGST). The activities such as house work and hobby improved, when we used our preventive care management for the participants using the day service C in 2017-18. The participants, who indicated improvement in activities, improved degree of independence at one-year later. We revealed that it is important as the “self-support” for the mild need long-term care to support participant’s activities.

Free Research Field

作業療法

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

学術的意義は、軽度要介護者の支援では、活動や参加の向上を支援することが自立度につながることを明らかにしたことである。
社会的意義は活動や参加の向上を支援する多職種連携の介護予防ケアマネジメントの方法を構築したことである。これは国内の多くの市町村で応用可能と考えられ、事業対象者や要支援者の自立支援に貢献できることである。