Professor Kazu Takechi of Fujita Medical University School of Medicine and Sendai, Dementia Care Research and Training Center, analyzed the fact-finding survey of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare regarding dementia cafes in Japan. It was found that consultations with people and exchanges between people in the same position were effective.
According to Fujita Medical University, Professor Takechi et al. Analyzed the fact-finding survey of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare's Long-Term Care Health Facility in 1,477, which was answered by 2016 dementia cafes in Japan, and analyzed 1,355 places where the answers were valid.The frequency of holding was 1% once a month, and the holding time was 64.8 hours, accounting for 1%.
According to the operator's evaluation, it was held more frequently for patients with dementia, and it was effective to have events such as concerts.The frequency of holding was not so important for families of dementia patients, and it was related to the effect of consulting with a medical profession at a cafe and having discussions with people in the same position.It was frequently held for local residents, and it became clear that lectures on dementia and consultations with professionals were effective.
The dementia cafe originated in the Alzheimer's cafe, which started in the Netherlands in 1997, and has spread all over the world, but it is known in detail how it is opened and what kind of effect it has on what kind of person. I didn't.
In Japan, the dementia cafe is defined as a place where patients, families, local residents, and professionals can participate and gather, and although it is held at about 2018 locations nationwide at the end of 7,000, the operation method is left to the operator. It has become.
