2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Community Network to detect Older Single Adults with Dementia andPromote their lives at home
| Project/Area Number |
24890279
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Community health/Gerontological nurisng
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| Research Institution | Senri Kinran University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012
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| Keywords | 認知症高齢者 / 一人暮らし / 地域ネットワーク |
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| Research Abstract |
The purpose of this study was to indicate community network to detect older single adults with dementia and promote their lives at home.The date was obtained through semi-structured interviews which searched chain of events leading to home care service.According to interviews results, the processes which were the keys to detect older single adults with dementia was explained by 3 stages: 1) informal association whicholder single adults have for long time; 2) notice gradually something different about older single adults; 3) build up a sense of apprehension about dementia symptoms. And this process leaded to formal home care service, and promoted home living of older single adults with dementia.This finding suggest that it is important to build long informal association of older single adults into community network for finding older single adults with dementia
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