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Department of Gerontological Nursing & Caring aim to develop human caring theory and health promotion program targeting the elderly. We deal with the elderly and the demented with various health status, their family and related health professionals. We conduct education and research on the effectiveness of caring and life support system in preventing nursing care. |
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● Hitomi Matsuda [Professor] hitomim@md.tsukuba.ac.jp ● Yumi Hashizume [Associate Professor] yumih@sakura.cc.tsukuba.ac.jp |
| Name | Hitomi Matsuda |
| Area of Specialization | Gerontological Nursing |
| Profile | Hokkai-Gakuen University Graduate School, Law Major in the Postgraduate
Course of Law Master in Law, PhD (Human Care Science) |
| Research Interests | Effectiveness of Narative Care Analysis of Social Interaction and Living Activity of the Demented Elderly Intervention Study on Sleep or Wakefulness Disorders Development of Observation Method of the Elderly |
| Publications in Western Language | 1) Resentment and strategies for avoiding hospitalization among elderly women living alone, Primary Care Japan, 3(1), 28-39,2005 |
| Academic Society Affiliation | Japan Socio-Gerontological Society Japan Academy of Gerontological Nursing The Japan Geriatrics Society Japanese Society of Pysiological Anthropology Japanese Society of Nursing Research Japan Academy of Nursing Education The Japanese Medical Society of Primary Care |
| Award-winning/Social Contribution | Tsukuba City Social Policy Council Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Expert Member of Research Grant Committee (2005-2007) |
| Teaching Courses | Lecture on Human Care Science Seminar in Disabilities Welfare Support IV Methodology of Disabilities Welfare Support Seminar in Gerontological Nursing and Caring I Special Research for Gerontological Nursing and Caring Gerontological Nursing and Caring Practicum Seminar in Dementia Caring I |
| Research Topics of Supervising Students | Effectiveness of Gardening Activities for Sleeping Disorders among the
Elderly Significance and Possible diffusion of Communication and Volunteer Activities for the Elderly The Actual Condition of Sleeping Pill Takers among the Elderly and Physiological Effectiveness of Nursing Care Intervention |
| Personal Website | https://www.hcs.tsukuba.ac.jp/~koureicare/ |
| Name | Yumi Hashizume |
| Area of Specialization | Care for the Elderly and their Family |
| Profile | St. Luke's College of Nursing The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Medical Science PhD (Health Sciences) |
| Research Interests | Care of the Family with Elderly Care End-of-Life care of the elderly Self-esteem of the Caregiver and the Elderly Development of Stress Management Program for Working Women Caregivers |
| Publications in Western Language | 1) Releasing from the oppression : caregiving for the elderly parents of Japanese working women, Qualitative Health Research, 20(6), 830-844, 2010 |
| Academic Society Affiliation | Japan Socio-Gerontological Society Japanese Society of Public Health Japan Academy of Community Health Nursing Japan Academy of Gerontological Nursing The Japanese Medical Society of Primary Care The Gerontological Society of America |
| Award-winning/Social Contribution | Japan-United States Educational Exchange Promotion Foundation (Fulbright
Foundation), Board of Examiners Sigma-Theta-Tau International, Psi-at-Large chapter |
| Teaching Courses | Methodology of Human Care Science Seminar in Gerontological Nursing and Caring II Special Research for Gerontological Nursing and Caring Gerontological Nursing and Caring Practicum Seminar in Disabilities Welfare Support IV Methodology of Disabilities Welfare Support |
| Research Topics of Supervising Students | Effectiveness of Gardening Activities for Sleeping Disorders among the Elderly |
| Personal Website | https://www.hcs.tsukuba.ac.jp/~koureicare/ |