Development of a Comfort Care Model to Maintain the Personhood of Elderly Dementia Patients

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23593437
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Community health/Gerontological nurisng
• Research Institution: Shimane University
• Principal Investigator: HARA SACHIKO 島根大学, 医学部, 教授 (90290494)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 認知症ケア

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We have developed dementia care guidelines that can be applied in elderly health care facilities and verified that the implementation of the guidelines by care staff helped increase the rate of residents returning to their home and the satisfaction levels of care staff at work.
While it was proved that aromatherapy using rose water for bathing soothed the nerves of elderly dementia residents, we failed to statistically prove the effect of reducing stress levels of staff who bathed them. Our study indicated that reminiscence therapy using photos could maintain and improve cognitive function in elderly dementia patients and showed a change in the perception by nurses involved in reminiscence therapy when caring for elderly dementia patients.

Free Research Field

老年看護学