Japanese

Psychosocial Rehabilitation

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Prof. Hitoshi Okamura

【Research Keyword】
Psychosocial, cancer, older adults, dementia, rehabilitation

【Recent highlights】
The number of the patients with dementia is increasing steadily, and dementia is recognized as a major social problem. However, rehabilitation of older adults with dementia is still at the trial-and-error stage, and establishing a method of rehabilitation is an urgent task. We are now developing a new rehabilitation system to improve the cognitive function of older adults with dementia in collaboration with a company.

Profiles of Faculty and Research Scholars

【Education】
Undergraduate course：We educate basic knowledge, symptoms, and approaches regarding mental disorders for students of nursing course, physical therapy course, and occupational therapy course. Additionally, we teach the importance of communication with patients.

Graduate course：We educate a broad knowledge regarding research planning, research performance, analysis, writing papers, and presentation.

【Research】
Focusing on psychosocial aspects,
1．study on cancer rehabilitation
2．study on rehabilitation for older adults with or without dementia
3．study on rehabilitation for patients with mental disability
are carried out by one professor, one lecturer, one assistant professor and 30 postgraduate students.

【Photo explanation】The picture shows the state of one seminar.