Research activity

Japan has the highest proportion of the elderly people in the world. It is the pressing issue to reform and restructure the social security system and the health care system in connection with the super-aged and the issue of depopulation. In recent year the community-based integrated care system has been advanced in order to support the idea that the elderly can keep on living in their familiar surroundings to their last breath.

Under this scenario, Gerontological and Home Healthcare Nursing is expected much to play highly important role. Gerontological and Home Healthcare Nursing is practical science to support those who wish to spend their remaining time in a community that they long settle in. We are researching how to support senior healthy living and aging with dignity and about the nursing care in environments including their home, in the community, and in the elderly facility. In addition, in order to find and create the new international solutions, we have started collaboration with the University of East Anglia in UK (https://www.uea.ac.uk/).

The research includes:

  • End of life care at home and long-term care institutes
  • Development of practical model for promoting sleep of evidence-based nursing among older adults
  • Pain management for the older adults with cognitive impairment

Member

Akiko Ozaki

Professor Ph.D. R.N. P.H.N.

Research Keywords: Sleep, Frailty, and Sarcopenia.

Email: aozaki*med.tohoku.ac.jp(Please convert “*” into “@“.)

Megumi Shimizu

Assistant professor Ph.D. P.H.N. R.N.

Research Keywords: Advanced Care Planning (ACP) and Palliative care.

Email: meg-shimizu*med.tohoku.ac.jp(Please convert “*” into “@“.)

Nakamoto Isuzu

Assistant professor Ph.D. P.H.N. R.N.

Research Keywords: Sleep, Chronobiology, Nocturia, and Public Health.

Email: isuzu.nakamoto.c7 * tohoku.ac.jp (Please convert “*” into “@“.)

Yuki Ohashi

Post-doctoral researcher Ph.D. R.N. P.H.N.

Research Keywords: Cultural care, Restorative Care, and Public Health.

Email: yohashi*med.tohoku.ac.jp(Please convert “*” into “@“.)

Woro Mustika Weni

Doctoral student M.S.N.

Research Keywords: Dementia, Person-Centered Care, and Residential Facilities.

Email: woro.mustika.weni.r4*dc.tohoku.ac.jp (Please convert “*” into “@“.)

Li Jia

Master Student R.N.

Research Keywords: Sleep, Shift Work, Nursing Assistants, and Residential Facilities.

Email: li.jia.q7*dc.tohoku.ac.jp (Please convert “*” into “@“.)

Recent papers (in English)

  • Ohashi Y, Sugawara S, Ozaki A. Economic, social, and cultural concepts for building a healthy community among residents of a Japanese shopping street, Working with older people, in press.
  • Ohashi Y, Ozaki A, Kawamura S, Nishida Y, Hirabayashi M. Developing a Nursing Protocol for Remote Verification of Expected Death using Information and Communication Technology at Patients` Homes, International Journal of Palliative Nursing. 27(1), 58-63, 2021.
  • Tamada T, Nara M, Murakami K, Gamo S, Aritake H, Shimizu M, Kazama I, Ichinose M, Sugiura H. The Clinical Features of Patients with Sarcoidosis and Malignant Diseases in Japan, Intern Med, 60:209-216, 2021.
  • Chiba R, Ohashi Y, Ozaki A. Sleep disturbances in adults with frailty and sarcopenia, Quality in Ageing and Older Adults. 2020; DOI 10.1108/QAOA-05-2019-0021.
  • Kanno Y, Sato K, Shimizu M, Funamizu Y, Andoh H, Kishino M, Senaga T, Takahashi T, Miyashita M. Development and alidity of the Nursing Care Scale and Nurse's Difficulty Scale in Caring for Dying Patients With Cancer and Their Families in General Hospitals in Japan. J Hosp Palliat Nurs. 2019 Apr;21(2):174-182.
  • Ohashi Y, Sugawara S, Muraoka K, Ozaki A. Health maintenance of Japanese rural small enterprise shopkeepers. Quality in Aging and Older Adults, 20(3), 110-119, 2019.
  • Ohashi Y, Taguchi A, Omori J, Ozaki A: Cultural Capital: A Concept Analysis. Public health nursing, 34(4), 380-387, 2017.
  • Ozaki A, Inoue Y, Hayashida K, Nakajima T, Honda M, Usui A, Komada Y, Kobayashi M, Takahashi K．Quality of life in patients with narcolepsy with cataplexy, narcolepsy without cataplexy, and idiopathic hypersomnia without long sleep time: comparison between patients on psychostimulants, drug-naive patients and the general Japanese population, Sleep Med, 13(2), 200-206, 2012.
  • Ozaki A, Inoue Y, Nakajima T, Hayashida K, Honda M, Komada Y, Takahash Ki．Health-related quality of life among drug naive patients with narcolepsy with cataplexy, narcolepsy without cataplexy and idiopathic hypersomnia without long sleep time, Journal of clinical sleep medicine, 5(6):572-578, 2008.
  • Ozaki A, Uchiyama M, Tagaya H, Ohida T, Ogihara R．The Japanese centenarian study: Autonomy was associated with health practices as well as physical status. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 55:95-101, 2007.
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