Ethics of Medical Care, Health and Social Welfare in the Super-Aging Society of Contemporary Japan

Research Topic
Ethics of Medical Care, Health and Social Welfare in a Super-Aging Society of Contemporary Japan

Lead Researcher
Aya Seike, Senior Lecturer, Kokoro Research Center, Kyoto University

Collaborating Researchers
Hidenori Arai, President, The National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology (NCGG)

Yukihiko Washimi, Hospital Director, NCGG

Akinori Takeda, Director, Education and Innovation Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, NCGG

Sayaka Takeuchi, Certified Nurse Specialist in Dementia Nursing, NCGG

Junko Hagihara, Certified Nurse Specialist in Dementia Nursing, NCGG

Rieko Inoguchi, Certified Nurse Specialist in Gerontological Nursing, NCGG

Shoko Hashimoto, Clinical Psychologist, The Center for Comprehensive Care and Research on Memory Disorder, NCGG

Hidetoshi Endo, Professor, St. Luke’s International University

Kenji Toba, President, Tokyo Metropolitan Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology

Center Co-Researchers
Yoshinori Hiroi, Professor, Kokoro Research Center, Kyoto University

Seiji Kumagai, Associate Professor, Kokoro Research Center, Kyoto University

Chihiro Hatanaka, Senior Lecturer, Kokoro Research Center, Kyoto University

This project focuses on the tasks surrounding medical health welfare in the super-aging society of Japan, especially regarding the issue of “Stress and Care of Family Caregivers of people with Dementia” and develops a tool that enables these family caregivers to accurately and easily measure their care status.

Reducing the burden of nursing care by family caregivers of people with dementia is one of the important policy goals in the measures for dementia, and various interventions and activities have been implemented nationwide. However, there is little evidence to show the effectiveness of interventions and activities, and there is a need to develop methods to show the effectiveness correctly. In addition, identifying effective interventions and activities for family caregivers through this study will reduce the exposure to jumbled information on interventions and activities. Moreover, due to effective interventions and activities that match the capacity of family caregivers, the prevention of frequent abuse or neglect can be expected.

2021/08/27