TY - JOUR
T1 - Dementia Cafés as a Community Resource for Persons With Early-Stage Cognitive Disorders
T2 - A Nationwide Survey in Japan
AU - Takechi, Hajime
AU - Yabuki, Tomoyuki
AU - Takahashi, Masahiko
AU - Osada, Hisao
AU - Kato, Shinji
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine
PY - 2019/12
Y1 - 2019/12
N2 - Objectives: Dementia cafés are expected to serve as a new community resource based on the national dementia strategy in Japan. The objective of the present study was to examine effective ways to manage dementia cafés through an overview of dementia cafés in Japan and an analysis of the factors related to their effectiveness on attendees. Design: Cross-sectional analysis. Setting and participants: Representatives of 1477 dementia cafés in Japan. Measures: Questionnaires regarding the dementia cafés' characteristics, management members, staff, their guests and effectiveness on people with dementia, their families, and community members were sent to the cafés, with instructions to have them completed by the café representatives. Logistic regression analysis was performed with the effect on each guest attribute as a dependent variable, and factors related to the effectiveness of dementia cafés were analyzed. Results: Questionnaires were sent to a total of 2728 dementia cafés in Japan, and responses were received from 1477 (54.1%). The most common meeting frequency and meeting hours were once a month (64.8%) and 2 hours (53.8%), respectively. Analysis of the effectiveness of dementia cafés on 3 groups of guests indicated the following preferences for café program: people with dementia preferred frequent meetings and activities, families of people with dementia preferred having a place for private consultation and advice and peer meetings, and community members preferred frequent meetings and both mini-lectures and private consultation and advice. Logistic regression analysis further revealed that all types of guests preferred the presence of the same types of guests. Conclusions/Implications: This study revealed the multicomponent nature of dementia cafés. The results suggest that a good balance of programs and guests would enhance the cafés' effectiveness among the multiple stakeholders in regard to dementia, especially in the early stage of the disease.
AB - Objectives: Dementia cafés are expected to serve as a new community resource based on the national dementia strategy in Japan. The objective of the present study was to examine effective ways to manage dementia cafés through an overview of dementia cafés in Japan and an analysis of the factors related to their effectiveness on attendees. Design: Cross-sectional analysis. Setting and participants: Representatives of 1477 dementia cafés in Japan. Measures: Questionnaires regarding the dementia cafés' characteristics, management members, staff, their guests and effectiveness on people with dementia, their families, and community members were sent to the cafés, with instructions to have them completed by the café representatives. Logistic regression analysis was performed with the effect on each guest attribute as a dependent variable, and factors related to the effectiveness of dementia cafés were analyzed. Results: Questionnaires were sent to a total of 2728 dementia cafés in Japan, and responses were received from 1477 (54.1%). The most common meeting frequency and meeting hours were once a month (64.8%) and 2 hours (53.8%), respectively. Analysis of the effectiveness of dementia cafés on 3 groups of guests indicated the following preferences for café program: people with dementia preferred frequent meetings and activities, families of people with dementia preferred having a place for private consultation and advice and peer meetings, and community members preferred frequent meetings and both mini-lectures and private consultation and advice. Logistic regression analysis further revealed that all types of guests preferred the presence of the same types of guests. Conclusions/Implications: This study revealed the multicomponent nature of dementia cafés. The results suggest that a good balance of programs and guests would enhance the cafés' effectiveness among the multiple stakeholders in regard to dementia, especially in the early stage of the disease.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jamda.2019.04.017
DO - 10.1016/j.jamda.2019.04.017
M3 - Article
C2 - 31160259
AN - SCOPUS:85066334786
SN - 1525-8610
VL - 20
SP - 1515
EP - 1520
JO - Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
JF - Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
IS - 12
ER -