Words for a Journey – The Art of Being with Dementia Iba Laboratory, Keio University x Dementia Friendly Japan Initiative The Iba Laboratory of Keio University, Japan, just released a pattern language, Words for a Journey – The Art of Being with Dementia, which collects knowledge on how to live well when you or a family member is diagnosed with dementia. Advice is given each for the person diagnosed with dementia, the patients family members, and for the people in society in general on how to accept and to live well with the disease. The aim for this project is to spread and share the positive and practical wisdom of the people who live with the disease, so those who are newly met with dementia can learn and be encouraged from them. Also, the project hopes to start a society - wide dialogue about Dementia. This project is the result of collaborative work between associate professor Takashi Iba and the students at the Iba Laboratory with corporate members of the Dementia Friendly Japan Initiative including Center for Global Communications at International University of Japan (GLOCOM), Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd., KOKUYO S&T Co., Ltd., and Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.. This organization challenges the problems associated with dementia as a team that extends beyond just medical and welfare studies. Of the elderly people over the age 65 in Japan, it is said that over 8 million have the disease if we include those with lighter symptoms. That maths up to 1 in 4 elderly - 1 in 15 Japanese in general - having dementia. On top of this, it is said that a quarter of Japans population will be over the age 75 in 2025, and failures of the balance in the elderly care system is feared. The Iba Laboratory of Keio University will continue working with corporations, NPOs, and the government to create pattern languages for the well-being of humans.
Posted on: Sun, 02 Nov 2014 12:13:56 +0000
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