2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Development of family type-specific early intervention program for elder abuse designed for family caregivers of elderly with dementia living at home

Research Project

Project/Area Number	19592589
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Community health/Gerontological nurisng
Research Institution	The University of Shiga Prefecture
Principal Investigator	HORII Toyomi The University of Shiga Prefecture, 人間看護学部, 教授 (10405235)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	NISHIDA Atsuko 公立大学法人滋賀県立大学, 人間看護学部, 准教授 (10324568)
Project Period (FY)	2007 – 2009
Keywords	認知症 / 介護家族 / 高齢者虐待 / 家族類型 / 早期介入
Research Abstract	A questionnaire survey was conducted with personnel handling elder abuse cases in Shiga Prefecture. Families failing to resolve problems were categorized as either being affected by past family relationships, having causative factors such as personality disorders or having inadequate knowledge of dementia or a limited ability to take care of people with dementia, etc. The survey also showed that personnel handling elder abuse cases had inadequate skills for interviewing, counseling, communication and caregiver support. Qualitative research selected new family types and attempted to construct a model for intervention techniques based on the development of an education program for intervention or an intervention support program.