2017 Volume 58 Issue 1 Pages 99-111
This study investigated assistance requests made to Community General Support Centers. It targeted welfare commissioners and identified factors in elderly suspected dementia patients. Responses were sought from 2,751 welfare commissioners belonging to the Council of Welfare and Child Welfare Commissioners of Prefecture A, to determine favorable attributes of commissioners and their “knowledge of anti-dementia drugs”, “positive attitude toward patients with dementia”, “inclination toward assistance requests made to the Community General Support Centers”. For statistical analysis, first, a classification was conducted using a latent class analysis for the inclination regarding the requests for assistance made to the Community General Support Centers. Second, the relationship between the attributes and each latent class was studied using a multinomial logit model.
Consequently, four classes were extracted using the latent class analysis. Results of the multinomial logit model showed that “a positive attitude toward patients with dementia” was significantly related to all latent classes. Inclination characteristics related to assistance requests to the welfare commissioners in the Community General Support Centers were classified into four categories. Furthermore, the study revealed that to increase the inclination regarding assistance requests to the Community General Support Centers, it is important to have a positive attitude toward patients with dementia.
