2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Examination of QOL from the perspective of a new mutual aid system and the collapse of traditional relationships between different generations on isolatedi slands

Research Project

Project/Area Number	20592627
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	Kagawa University
Principal Investigator	ONISHI Michie Kagawa University, 医学部, 教授 (30223895)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	KOSHIDA Mihoko 香川大学, 医学部, 准教授 (30346639) KATAYAMA Youko 香川大学, 医学部, 助教 (30403778)
Project Period (FY)	2008 – 2010
Keywords	離島 / 相互扶助 / QOL
Research Abstract	Construction of a new (time-dollar) mutual aid system in isolated islands, affected by depopulation and an aging resident population, increased the QOL of elderly people. However, it is difficult to say whether such a system is effective for people of younger generations, who view traditional human relationships as troublesome matters. This study has shown that cross-generational mutual aid-systems should involve not only inhabits of isolated islands, but also people from outside of the islands.

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