Aging & Society: Eighth Interdisciplinary Conference

Abstract

The living environments surrounding people with dementia, such as promotion of community-based integrated care systems are rapidly changing. With that background, how can people with dementia live comfortably in the community? We explore what is comfort in the daily life of people with dementia. The purpose of this study is to clarify the concept. We conducted a search using ICHUSHI Web Ver.5 and CiNii Articles, PubMed, MEDLINE, Psyc INFO. The keywords used were “dementia,” ”comfort.” We searched for original articles that were published between 2000 and 2018 (since the beginning of the Japanese long-term care insurance system). Twenty-seven literatures were analyzed data with reference to Rodgers’ concept analysis. Results revealed the following nine types of categories: (1) preceding necessary conditions: condition in which comfort in daily life of people with dementia is threatened, (2) attribute: security of needs fulfillment, “understanding me” by others’, treatment to avoid mental confusion, appearance of mental stability shown through facial expressions, place oneself in a familiar environment, peaceful living, (3) result: increasing motivation in life, ease of living. Categories were divided into elements related to individuals such as “appearance of mental stability shown through facial expressions” and elements related to the environment such as “living without anxiety”.