Achievements and Issues of Volunteer Training Course for Prevention of Dementia Through Industry-Government-Academia Collaboration

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  • 産官学連携による認知症予防ボランティア養成講座の成果と課題
  • サン カンガク レンケイ ニ ヨル ニンチショウ ヨボウ ボランティア ヨウセイ コウザ ノ セイカ ト カダイ

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In this study, we conducted a program to train volunteers and promote their efforts to implement dementia prevention for community residents. In addition to evaluating these efforts, we aimed to re-examine the future tasks for and direction of dementia prevention activities. The participants were those interested in understanding and preventing dementia who reside, work, or study in Kaizuka-shi. We invited participants for the course through an advertisement in the city newsletter. The course was conducted once a week (4 hours each week) over three sessions. The feature of the course was based on the fact that the mascot of the city is popular, so it was used to create a course name, text, and exercise music. In addition, to evaluate the knowledge proficiency level of the participants, a pre-test and post-test were conducted on the prevention of dementia. The number of applicants was 54 (aged 26 to 86 years old). There were 38 participants (70.4%) in all lectures, and 19 (50.0%) answered that they will continue to act as volunteers in the community. Results of the pre-test/post-test on the prevention of dementia of the 38 participants who completed the course show a significant difference, with an average score of 67.3 +- 19.2 points for the pre-test and an average of 87.8 +- 16.1 points for the post-test. In the post-course questionnaire, the participants reported that the course was easy to understand, and 100% answered that it was pleasant. With this program, 50% of all attendees became a part of the community prevention program for dementia, and volunteer activities were promoted in the city.

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