2015 Volume 16 Issue 2 Pages 82-86
In 2012, coordinated critical path for the treatment of dementia was established in the Kojima district of Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture. This article is a review of this critical path. Association of Kojima Neurological Disease Alliances was established mostly from the Department of Neurology, Kawasaki Medical School and the Kojima Medical Association. A working group for the coordinated critical path treatment of dementia was subsequently selected. The working group meetings were held at the Hall of the Kojima Medical Association. Academic meetings have been held on a regular basis for physicians and medical staff in the region to improve their education. In May 2012, we officially started using the critical path for the treatment of dementia and it has yielded several excellent results. Our path uses a file format, which is inherently more versatile than the booklet format. We believe that our path represents an ideal model for coordinated critical path treatment in a super ageing society.
