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http://dx.doi.org/10.4332/KJHPA.2019.29.1.11

Practical Examples of the Comprehensive Strategy of Japanese Dementia Policy: Kumamoto Model by Kumamoto Province  

Joo, Jungmin (Division of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital)
Kwon, Yong-Jin (Division of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital)
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Health Policy and Management / v.29, no.1, 2019 , pp. 11-18 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this research is to introduce the best practice of the Japanese national dementia strategy and explore implications to the Korean national dementia strategy. Interview was conducted among professions those who is in charge of Kumamoto dementia care practice in Kumamoto province, upon review of related literature and public documents. The Kumamoto model is implemented by the department of neuropsychiatry in public university hospitals, which can offer dementia-specialized medical services. Medical centers for dementia in public university hospitals play a leading role for managing practice and training local dementia centers specialist, coordinating medical services among medical institutions and community welfare facilities. In reference to the Kumamoto model, the Korean national dementia strategy can find implications in the direction of current system, specifically its approaches toward policy governance.
Keywords
Dementia; Japan; National dementia policy; Kumamoto model; Medical and welfare connection;
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