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Interdisciplinary cross-national program on dementia for health professionals in Japan — shared lessons learned from the United States
Author(s)	Yeon Kyung Chee, Sue E Levkoff
Journal title	Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, vol 22, no 1, 2001
Pages	pp 45-58
Source	http://www.tandfonline.com
Keywords	Dementia ; Teaching hospitals ; Multi disciplinary ; Medical workers ; Cross national surveys ; Japan ; United States of America.
Annotation	Understanding dementia has become essential to the curriculum in geriatrics education in Japan. Given the nature of the disease, the aim of care is often to maximise independence of dementia-impaired older people in community-based long-term care settings, by preventing disabilities caused by an excess of care that might exacerbate the symptoms of dementia. To prepare future front-line health professionals who will work in the allied profession, the authors provided students from three associate degree colleges in Japan with a 2-week summer institute at Harvard Medical School to train them to become dementia specialists. The training experience increased participants' knowledge and interests in dementia care. Implications of these training efforts for future interdisciplinary care for dementia are discussed. (KJ/RH).
Accession Number	CPA-020327207 A
Classmark	EA: V6: 3DM: QT: 3K: 7DT: 7T
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