The activity of the medical care center for the demented elderly in Juntendo University Urayasu Hospital

• Published in: Juntendo Medical Journal Vol. 44; no. 3; pp. 313 - 319
• Main Authors: ICHIMIYA, YOSUKE, TSUJI, MASAHIRO, TAKAGI, ICHIROU, NOZAKI, YUSUKE, ISHIZUKA, TAKUYA, ETO, KOU, IIZUKA, YOSHINO, TANAKA, SHIGEKI
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese
• Published: The Juntendo Medical Society 21.12.1998
• Subjects: Alzheimer-type dementia; medical care center for the demented elderly; vascular dementia
• ISSN: 0022-6769; 2188-2134
• DOI: 10.14789/pjmj.44.313

Objective: In order to establish function and roles of the medical care center for demented elderly, the activities of that center in Juntendo University Urayasu Hospital, which has been located in the city area, were investigated.Materials: All cases, who consulted the center for dementia from June 1994 to March 1998, were investigated for this study.Methods: Clinical data (type of consultation; by telephone or personal, sex, age, adress, problem, diagnosis and out-come after the consultation) were collected from the consulting and medical records of them retrospectivelly.Results: Total number of the consultations were 223 cases (72 males, 150 females and 1 unknown). 29% of the cases lived in Urayasu city, however 21% of the cases lived in Tokyo area beside to Urayasu city. 170 cases were recommended to recieve medical check at the consultation. So, 131 cases visited to Juntendo Urayasu Hospital in order to recieve medical check after the consultation. Clinical diagnosis of them were 53 cases of cerebro-vascular dementia, 47 cases of Alzheimer-type dementia, 12 cases of depression, 2 cases of neurosis and 17 cases of other diagnosis.Conclusions: Not so little problems in concernning with demented elderly has been appeared in this area. It is important to study for the out-come after the consultation.