Development of Territorial Networks Starting from Difficult Cases of Dementia Support in Collaboration with Communities and Universities

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K11225
• 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: Meio University
• Principal Investigator: Shimoji Yukiko (シモジユキコ) 名桜大学, 健康科学部, 准教授 (50804639)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 佐久川 政吉 沖縄県立看護大学, 看護学部, 教授 (80326503) ; 安仁屋 優子 名桜大学, 健康科学部, 助手 (60756998) ; 長嶺 絵里子 名桜大学, 健康科学部, 准教授 (00738148)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: 高齢者ケア / 認知症ケア / 地域 / 協働 / ネットワーク

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Utilizing regional characteristics, strengths and considering a community care conference to solve individual issues of daily life and the care by community organizations as a pair of wheels, the study aimed to enhance collaboration with universities and residents who were professions, and to develop a territorial network in Z district. To gain the basic data, the survey to grasp the real figure of lives of 30 advanced elderly people living alone was conducted in collaboration with the community general support center and the office in Z district. As a result of the survey, actual conditions of strengths and relations of the community the elderly realized were clarified. Consequently, it is considered that cooperative activities with the community center and related organizations in Z district lead to promotion of daily life support: watching over in the community and making a place with utilizing local resources based on intentions of the parties

Free Research Field

高齢者看護

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

地域特性と地域の強みを活かし、個人の生活課題解決をはかる地域ケア会議と地域の住民組織介護を両輪として、専門職住民、大学との協働を強化し、Z区における地縁ネットワークを開発することを目的とした。今回、地域包括支援センター、Z区事務所との共同で、独居の後期高齢者の生活実態実態調査を実施し、結果を共有できたことは、当事者の意向を踏まえて、地域資源を活用した居場所づくりや、地域の見守りや生活支援を、Z区公民館や関係機関との活動により協働で推進することにつながると考える。しかし、COVIDー19の影響により後期高齢者全数調査とはならず、また地域活動の中止や縮小でシマづくり活動の実施は課題となった。