Developing a Community Livelihood-Support Program for Demented Aged Persons with the Use of Validation Methods

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25510020
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: ケア学
• Research Institution: Kansai University of Welfare Sciences
• Principal Investigator: Tsumura Naoko 関西福祉科学大学, 社会福祉学部, 教授 (40573944)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): Matsuda Michiko 天理大学, 人間学部, 教授 (90269746) ; Kurogi Hitomi 香川短期大学, 教授 (60353140) ; Ietaka Masaaki 関西福祉科学大学, 社会福祉学部, 講師 (10636236) ; Yonezawa Mihoko 神戸親和女子大学, 講師 (10515357) ; Mitamura Tomoko 関西女子短期大学, 助教 (70624964)
• Research Collaborator: Tsuboi shihomi ; Kobayashi Akiko ; Kameda Tsukasa
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: バリデーション / 認知症高齢者 / 地域生活支援 / 福祉・医療専門職 / 地域住民

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this research is twofold. The first is to verify whether “Validation,” a method to communicate with demented aged persons, has positive effects on those demented, regional inhabitants, and the welfare and medical professionals who look after them. The second is, on the basis of this outcome, to propose a community livelihood-support program for the demented aged people.
The training and practice of Validation exhibits the effect of increasing these aged persons’ behavioral and responsive expressions of positive emotions while decreasing that of negative emotions. As for effects on professionals and local residents, it tends to make them more aware of the demented individuals’ desires and emotions and more imbued with their positive images. These results suggests that Validation works like a common language to help form a regional network to support demented aged persons.

Free Research Field

高齢者福祉