Open AccessSuccessful institutional care for behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia in a repopulated area after the 2011 Fukushima disaster: A case report
Author(s) -
Nishikawa Yoshitaka,
Niimura Hidehito,
Ozaki Akihiko,
Kimura Yuko,
Morita Tomohiro,
Sawano Toyoaki,
Saito Hiroaki,
Tsubokura Masaharu
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.1867
Subject(s) - dementia , medicine , long term care , population , key (lock) , psychiatry , gerontology , environmental health , disease , pathology , ecology , biology
Key Clinical Message 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.