Development of a Program to Improve Skills Required to Care for Elderly People with Dementia

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24653135
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Social welfare and social work studies
• Research Institution: University of Tsukuba
• Principal Investigator: SAKATA Yumiko 筑波大学, 医学医療系, 教授 (30347372)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): TAKATA Yuriko 筑波大学, 医学医療系, 教授 (90336660) ; SANKAI Tomoko 筑波大学, 医学医療系, 准教授 (10241829) ; MURAMATSU Terumi 山梨県立大学, 看護学部, 教授 (90279894) ; MASUDA Akemi 常葉大学, 健康科学部, 准教授 (40390017)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 介護職 / 介護スキル / 認知症高齢者 / プログラム開発

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study was aimed at developing a program to improve health care skills for elderly people with dementia. The study included 13 caregivers working at senior citizen health facilities and nursing homes in X prefecture in Japan. The subjects participated in a two-day workshop that included counseling on health care skills needed for elderly people with dementia, pathophysiology, symptoms, and medical therapy for dementia. A self-administered questionnaire survey was conducted at the conclusion of the workshop to evaluate the program contents. The endpoints were whether attendees found the program to be appropriate, explicit, satisfying, and useful. As for the contents of this workshop, the high evaluation by the participant was obtained. Therefore it was deduced that the contents of the workshop met participants’ needs.

Free Research Field

地域看護学