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Volume 7, Issue 5 (Suppl)
J Palliat Care Med, an open access journal
ISSN: 2165-7386
Geriatrics 2017
September 4-5, 2017
September 4-5, 2017 | Edinburgh, Scotland
Geriatrics Gerontology & Palliative Nursing
7
th
International Conference on
CAN CONTINUOUS, INTER-GENERATIONAL COOPERATION POSITIVELY IMPACT THE
QUALITY OF LIFE OF ELDERLYALZHEIMER’S SUFFERERS?
Ryoko Rokkaku
a
, Yukari Sekia, Akira Hommab
and
Sayuri Kobayashi
c
a
Dokkyo Medical University, Japan
b
Otafuku Memory Clinic, Japan
c
Tokyo University of Technology, Japan
A
n aim of the present study is to clarify the effect of an inter-generational program for Alzheimer’s sufferers through the
cooperation with children. This is an interim report of the results of two-year intervention from August 2012 to August
2014. It consists of an intervention and a control group of eight and six sufferers, respectively, who have been diagnosed with
Alzheimer's disease. Both groups attend day care services. The program consists of activities held every morning from 10 to
11:30, with Activity Cares. Assessments are made every six months using the following scales: FAST (Functional Assessment
Staging), HDS-R (Hasegawa’s Dementia Scale, revised), DAD (Disability Assessment for Dementia), and Behave-AD (Behavioral
Pathology in Alzheimer’s disease), and PGC-ARS (Philadelphia Geriatric Center-Affect Rating Scale) QOL-AD (Quality of Life
in Alzheimer’s disease). On the Philadelphia Geriatric Center Affect Rating Scale, three items have been proved statistically
significant. Pleasure, Interest, and Contentment have increased with inter-generational cooperation. The magnitude of the change
was not so remarkable as to influence QOL-AD at home. The positive effects of PGC-ARS Pleasure, Interest, and Contentment
in the intervened group were maintained, where they were not in the control group. This implies that the positive affect of the
intervened group has been maintained rather than the control group while attending the sessions in the day care service. This may
reduce the burden on the staff caring for Alzheimer’s sufferers in the day care services.
J Palliat Care Med 2017, 7:5(Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2165-7386-C1-012