2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Development of a model for workplace and community collaboration that empowers people with young onset dementia through continued employment.

Research Project

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Project/Area Number	19K11191
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	Kanazawa University
Principal Investigator	Omote Shizuko 金沢大学, 保健学系, 教授 (10320904)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	池内里美金沢医科大学, 看護学部, 講師 (30727475) 岡本理恵金沢大学, 保健学系, 准教授 (50303285) 小山善子金城大学, 医療健康学部, 特任教授 (90019943) 入谷敦金沢医科大学, 医学部, 准教授 (90595323) 高橋裕太朗金沢大学, 保健学系, 助教 (90871559)
Project Period (FY)	2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
Keywords	若年性認知症 / 就労支援 / 連携 / 若年性認知症支援コーディネーター / 事業所 / 医療機関
Outline of Final Research Achievements	We investigated the collaborative experiences of young onset dementia (YOD) support coordinators for providing support to workers with YOD. The coordinators collaborated with 90.4% of the worker’s workplaces and 93.5% of the worker’s medical institutions. The most common points of collaboration were work task and dementia symptoms. Collaborative issues were mostly lack of understanding of dementia in the workplace and the refusal of the individual and/or their family to have the disease disclosed. Support coordinators had the following experiences in collaborating: “self-determination support for the worker with YOD”, “establishment of a local support system”, and “self-establishment as a coordinator”. It is thought that understanding of YOD by support organizations is a top priority in providing collaborative support for people with YOD to maintain their quality of life after diagnosis.
Free Research Field	公衆衛生看護学
Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements	一般就労をしている若年性認知症の従業員に対する支援の実態、関係機関との連携の状況を明らかにした。本研究は、診断後も若年性認知症の人が、社会的役割を継続し、QOLを保つための、専門職による支援を検討するための基礎資料になる。支援経験のある若年性認知症支援コーディネーターの経験は貴重であり、他の専門機関の支援に転用することができると考える。