2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Community building for resilience and dementia prevention for residents living in sloping urban areas

Research Project

PDF

Project/Area Number	18K04627
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Review Section	Basic Section 25010:Social systems engineering-related
Research Institution	Nagasaki Wesleyan University (2020-2022) Kwassui Women's College (2018-2019)
Principal Investigator	Nitta Akiko 鎮西学院大学, 現代社会学部, 研究員 (30457501)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	黒木智鶴活水女子大学, 看護学部, 講師 (00783359) 三浦沙織長崎大学, 医歯薬学総合研究科(保健学科), 助教 (60783363) 中尾理恵子長崎大学, 医歯薬学総合研究科(保健学科), 教授 (80315267) 本多由起子長崎大学, 医歯薬学総合研究科(医学系), 助教 (90782219) 馬場保子活水女子大学, 看護学部, 講師 (70623205)
Project Period (FY)	2018-04-01 – 2023-03-31
Keywords	認知症予防 / 高齢者 / 斜面地 / 民生委員 / 地域づくり / レジリエンス
Outline of Final Research Achievements	In order to study activities for dementia prevention among residents living in a geographically disadvantaged slope urban area in the Corona Disaster, an interview survey of community welfare committee members and a questionnaire survey of local residents were conducted. The interview survey revealed that the community welfare committee members created an information notebook and an emergency contact network to grasp the residents' situation, enabling them to connect with administrative agencies at an early stage. From the questionnaire survey, the number of social activities and outings decreased compared to those before the infectious disease epidemic, but interest in health increased, and residents engaged in preventive activities appropriate to their situation, such as walking, stretching, yoga, knitting, transcribing Tenseijingo, volunteering, and participating in salons and exercise classes, to prevent muscle weakness and dementia.
Free Research Field	公衆衛生看護学
Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements	新型コロナウィルス感染が拡大するなか、地理的不利条件をもつ斜面市街地で暮らす高齢者の認知症予防に関する活動について明確にできたことは学術的な意義をもつ。また、環境リスクを背負いながらも生き抜くために築き上げてきた住民同士の絆は、認知症になっても住み慣れた地域で生活を継続できるための可能性を広げる。日常的に住民同士のかかわりを積み重ねていくことは認知症高齢者が増加し続ける今後の日本においては重要な意義をもつと考える。