認知症アセスメントスケールの調査と関連する諸問題

摘要

現在，日本ではほぼ5人に1人が65歳以上の高齢者であり，そのうちの13人～14人に1人が認知症であると言われている．これは，65歳以上の高齢者がいる世帯では6～7世帯に1人であり，統計的にはきわめて身近な病気になっている．%It is said that one person in almost five people is 65-year-old or more senior citizen in Japan, and one person in 13 people-14 of them is a dementia now. This is one person every 6-7 families in the home where 65-year-old or more senior citizen exists, and it is statistically sick extremely near itself. However, it is pointed out that recognition to the dementia is not enough under the present situation. To discover the dementia at an early stage, and to lead to treatment, it will not be said that an appropriate screening tool is necessary either. By the way, when the person for whom treatment is necessary and the person who should observe it are discovered like the mass screening in the school from among the large number of people, the word screening is used.