Dementia care practice and the feeling of difficulty by the professional staff and the related factors: a comparative study between Japan and Korea

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25590149
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Social welfare and social work studies
• Research Institution: Kansai University
• Principal Investigator: Kuroda Kenji 関西大学, 人間健康学部, 教授 (70144491)
• Research Collaborator: SUMIDA Yoshimi 大分大学, 福祉社会科学研究科, 教授 ; MIZUGAMI Tsuzuru 神戸学院大学, 総合リハビリテーション学部, 准教授 ; JANG Yyunjeong Kyungnam University, Department of social Welfare, 准教授
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 認知症 / 支援業務 / 支援困難感 / 医療と介護の連携 / 地域包括支援センター

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aimed to examine dementia care and the feeling of difficulty by the staff members of community comprehensive support centers (CSCs) and the related factors. Questionnaires surveys were conducted in Osaka prefecture, Oita prefecture and Sakai city. The questionnaires returned by 202, 49, 28 CSCs respectively. The results showed that (1) dementia care practice was influenced by the degree of collaboration with medical care, (2) the score of dementia care practice of the staff was high when CSCs took more active initiative in collaborating with various professions and facilities, and (3) the staff members with under 5 year experience in elderly care and those with negative perception of medical care provision for dementia showed greater difficulty in dementia care.

Free Research Field

社会福祉学