痴呆症高齢者の空間認知力とその評価法(高齢者居住研究会特集)

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The purpose of this paper is to discuss on the spatial cognitive abilities of aged people with dementia and the evaluation method for them. The spatial cognitive abilities are analyzed into four types;place, sequence, orientation and cognitive map. Each of tham has the roles to assist behaviors in the daily life. As the cognitive abilities decline, maladaptive behaviors occurs. In order to prevent from maladaptive behaviors, the dwelling environment are should be considered to be balanced to the cognitive abilities. The dwelling environment should be small and simple according to the decline of the cognitive abilities. So it is important to be made clear the level of the cognitive abilities of each aged people, and it is necessary to develop the evaluation method for the cognitive abilities. The evaluation method should have a simple procedure for aged people with dementia to understand easily and an appropriate measure corresponding to the dwelling environment.