瑞智互助家庭－失智症共同居家照護方案

Family of Wisdom-A Cooperative Project for Dementia Care

湯麗玉(Li-Yu Tang) ； 吳沛錡(Pei-Chi Wu) ； 李會珍(Hui-Jen Lee) ； 洪心平(Hsin-Ping Hung)

《長期照護雜誌》 17卷1期 (2013/05) Pp. 1-9

https://doi.org/10.6317/LTC.201305_17(1).0001

摘要

臺灣因邁向高齡化的社會，失智症的潛在罹病人口隨之上升，因應失智症的照護、醫療、福利等付出的社會成本，也日益可觀。失智者及家屬以中老年人為主，常因疾病照顧而降低參與社會之機會，究因於目前存在的資源無法滿足失智者及家屬之需求；目前長期照顧福利服務，極少有容納失智者與家屬共處的服務模式。｢瑞智互助家庭」最大特色，就是結合多組家屬與失智者全程陪伴參與，兼顧失智者及家庭照顧者需求的服務模式，提供社區中失智者與家屬同蒙其利的服務，是結合失智者非藥物療法、家屬支持團體、照護技巧訓練和人才培養的創新服務方案。

關鍵字

失智症 ； 社區照護 ； 社會參與

並列摘要

With the aging of Taiwanese society, the number of dementia population and associated expenditures on personal care, medical care, welfare, etc, are expected to grow. Dementia sufferers and their families often lack of the opportunity to participate in social activities, and hardly can be supported sufficiently from current long-term care system. 'Family of Wisdom' is an innovative project combining behavior dementia therapy, family support group, social therapy, and care skills training. Under a semi-home environment, 'Family of Wisdom' builds the connections between caregivers and dementia sufferers, develop social activities for dementia families to benefit both patient and families.

並列關鍵字

dementia ； community care ； community participation