Kouichi Miyakawa
Director of Japan Dementia Group Home association, Public Interest Incorporated Association
Title: Research of efficency and evaluation of Group Home Care at Dementia Group Home
Biography
Biography: Kouichi Miyakawa
Abstract
Research of efficency and evaluation of Group Home Care at Dimentia Group Home is an interesting research to figure out how Group home care can provide improvement of QOL and BPSD for residents with dementia disease. There are 13,000 group homes for residents with dementia disease in Japan. Each group home tries to offer them accomodation and special care for dementia old folks. The concept of group home is livging together with care staffs and dementia residents.. Through this daily life, residents get personal care and rhythm of life. Residents with dementia disease also support each other.