Constructing a sustainable co-creation society for health and longevity

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K11151
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 58080:Gerontological nursing and community health nursing-related
• Research Institution: Shukutoku University
• Principal Investigator: Watanabe Taeko 淑徳大学, 看護栄養学部, 教授 (30598636)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 介護予防 / 社会とのかかわり / 生活機能 / 認知機能 / 健康長寿 / コミュニティ・エンパワメント / well-being / 当事者共創社会

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In the research’s target area, a resident-centered care prevention system was established, resulting there were now three resident leaders for every 100 older adults aged 75 or over. These resident leaders played a crucial role in sustaining long-term care preventive activities, even during large-scale disasters, and the community center they formed became a recognized “gathering place” for residents. Despite the target area’s increasing population aging rate, which now exceeds 30%, the rate of newly certified long-term care needs has been decreasing, the sense of balance and mobility has been shown to improvement. Furthermore, participants engaged in preventive care activities exhibited low risks in various areas such as “subjective feeling of health,” “falls,” “cognitive function,” and “depressive tendency,” with the exception of oral function. Based on these findings, we propose this model as a sustainable co-creative society for individuals involved in preventive care.

Free Research Field

公衆衛生看護学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究成果の学術的意義は13年にわたる追跡研究の根拠に基づき「介護予防に向けた持続可能な当事者共創社会モデル」を提案したことである。国内外で多くの介護予防事業が展開されているが、当事者主体の活動が持続している地域はまだ少なく、住民や専門職の実践知と追跡研究による質的量的両側面からの科学的根拠に基づき「介護予防に向けた持続可能な当事者共創社会モデル」を提案した研究は乏しい。地域住民と専門職が協働して遂行する質の高い介護予防支援、地域保健福祉サービスの質向上に資するものである。本研究は、継続的な質の高い介護予防支援と、健康寿命の延伸にまでつながるきわめて貴重な成果を創出するものである。