2007 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Development of a Communication Skills Education Program for Family Caregivers of Elderly People with Dementia
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17592305
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Community health/Gerontological nurisng
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| Research Institution | Nagoya City University |
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Principal Investigator |
YAMADA Kiyomi Nagoya City University, School of Nursing, Professor (60269636)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
NISHIDA Kimiaki University of Shizuoka, School of Nursing, Associate Professor (10237703)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2005 – 2007
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| Keywords | Dementia / Caregiver / Communication / Education / Program |
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| Research Abstract |
This study was intended to develop an educational program of communication skills for family caregivers of elderly people with dementia.
Results revealed the following:
1) Measuring communication skills using a scale with 23 original items, family caregivers of elderly people with dementia exhibited significantly higher scores than those of caregivers of elderly people without dementia did on three factors: "consideration for receptive conversation", "consideration for speech", and "perseverance".
2) Comparison of speech sounds of 10 family caregivers of elderly people with dementia talking to those elderly people and talking to a control group revealed that speech sounds in conversations of the former group tended to be slightly higherpitched than those of the latter group. However, no significant difference was recognized.
3) Comparison of communication skills between family caregivers of elderly people with dementia and caregiving staff (working in facilities for elderly people) showed that family caregivers scored poorly on skills. However, we inferred that the difference was not significant because caregivers were older and exhausted.
The results described above show the following necessities as educational methods for family caregivers of elderly people with dementia to enhance their communication skills: family caregivers must have opportunities to review their own communications objectively; furthermore, specialists must devise better methods in collaboration with family caregivers.
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Research Products
(2 results)
