Innovative Dementia Care Practices in Japan: Exploring Logical, Lateral, and Integrative Care Approaches
Takahiro Tanaka, Kenichi Akune, Andrew Vernon · 2025
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Takahiro Tanaka and co-authors describe three care approaches from a Japanese dementia care group in a 2025 report. Japan's dementia cases are set to climb steeply, with heavy costs and many workers leaving jobs to give care. The Housenka Group in Osaka built its methods to meet that strain.
Logical Care gives clear facts and structure, helping a person accept their situation. Lateral Care suits people who cannot grasp plain facts; staff affirm the person's own view of reality instead. Integrative Care blends the two and fits the mix to each resident, for instance with picture signs that guide a person to key rooms. The authors present the trio as a flexible, person-centred frame that other ageing societies could borrow.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Takahiro Tanaka, Kenichi Akune, Andrew Vernon |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |