Basic survey of at-home dementia care

Abstract

Dementia is the state characterized by deterioration of intellectual faculties, such as memory and judgment, resulting from an acquired organic brain damage. Over the last few decades, the dementia patients are rapidly increasing and they account for approximately 10'1/,i of the aged population in Japan. However, the dissemination of public care and service for dementia are delayed, thus over 50% patients are receiving home care. As a result, the physical and mental burden of home caregiver is very hard. This research aimed at development of system which can decrease the burden of home caregiver for dementia person. Therefore, we conducted a trail intended to assess the existing care equipment and evaluate the situation of home care. In this paper, we report the actual condition of dementia's home care and development of countermeasure system for dementia wonder by use of biological information sensor.