Successful institutional care for behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia in a repopulated area after the 2011 Fukushima disaster: A case report

Yoshitaka Nishikawa; Hidehito Niimura; Akihiko Ozaki; Yuko Kimura; Tomohiro Morita; Toyoaki Sawano; Hiroaki Saito; Masaharu Tsubokura

doi:10.1002/ccr3.1867

Successful institutional care for behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia in a repopulated area after the 2011 Fukushima disaster: A case report

Yoshitaka Nishikawa, Hidehito Niimura, Akihiko Ozaki, Yuko Kimura, Tomohiro Morita, Toyoaki Sawano, Hiroaki Saito, Masaharu Tsubokura

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Abstract

Caregiving in a long-term facility played a key role in improvements of this patient's behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia, which also led to a reduced caregiver burden on her family members. Considering the global population aging trend, the lesson from this case may apply to other settings beyond disasters.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2266-2270
Number of pages	5
Journal	Clinical Case Reports
Volume	6
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1867
Publication status	Published - 2018 Nov

Keywords

Fukushima nuclear accident
dementia
long-term care
nursing homes
social capital

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Medicine(all)

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Successful institutional care for behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia in a repopulated area after the 2011 Fukushima disaster : A case report. / Nishikawa, Yoshitaka; Niimura, Hidehito; Ozaki, Akihiko; Kimura, Yuko; Morita, Tomohiro; Sawano, Toyoaki; Saito, Hiroaki; Tsubokura, Masaharu.

In: Clinical Case Reports, Vol. 6, No. 11, 11.2018, p. 2266-2270.

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Nishikawa, Yoshitaka ; Niimura, Hidehito ; Ozaki, Akihiko ; Kimura, Yuko ; Morita, Tomohiro ; Sawano, Toyoaki ; Saito, Hiroaki ; Tsubokura, Masaharu. / Successful institutional care for behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia in a repopulated area after the 2011 Fukushima disaster : A case report. In: Clinical Case Reports. 2018 ; Vol. 6, No. 11. pp. 2266-2270.

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