Development of communication skills to appropriately comprehend authenticity in individuals with early onset dementia and elderly people with dementia.

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25463648
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Community health nursing
• Research Institution: Japanese Red Cross College of Nursing
• Principal Investigator: chiba kyoko 日本赤十字看護大学, 看護学部, 准教授 (40248969)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): KOYAMA SACHIYO 北里大学, 看護学部, 教授 (70153690) ; AKIYA NAONORI 山口大学, 国際総合科学部, 助教 (10589998)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 認知症者 / コミュニケーション / 本来感 / 会話分析 / 高齢者 / 若年性

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to develop communication skills to appropriately comprehend the sense of authenticity in people with dementia and plan improvement of dementia care. During interaction with individuals with early onset dementia, impression operation, called passing (repair), was observed, and staff performed passing care as polite consideration to keep the face of people with dementia. Elderly people with dementia performed passing by appointing an attendant family member to reply to questions posed by doctors in outpatient department medical examination situations. People with onset early dementia practiced communication skills concerning trouble they experience in daily life and actions because of memory defect by using humor. The study suggests the possibility that the sense of authenticity in people with dementia can be affected by enhancement of the place of interaction and by personal relationships.

Free Research Field

老年看護学