Igarashi Ayumi, Matsumoto Hiroshige, Takaoka Manami, Kugai Haruna, Suzuki Miho, Yamamoto-Mitani Noriko
The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Japan.
J Appl Gerontol. 2020 Jul;39(7):760-769. doi: 10.1177/0733464819871878. Epub 2019 Sep 3.
Convenience stores play an important role in supporting community-dwelling older adults' lives. This study aimed to describe the development of and to evaluate an educational program to promote collaboration between communities and convenience stores in Japan. We developed the educational program based on interviews of convenience store staff to encourage them to collaborate with health/social care professionals for helping older adults. We conducted pre- and post-program questionnaire surveys of 184 participants to evaluate the program. After the program, the total score for attitudes toward dementia ( = .010) improved significantly among the convenience store staff. On the contrary, the score for "solidarity and proactiveness," a subscale for sense of community, improved significantly among health/social care professionals ( = .003). This educational program can have a significant effect on the perceptions and attitudes for supporting older adults, depending on the participants' occupations. This educational program could foster community networks, leading to an age-friendly community.
便利店在支持社区老年人生活方面发挥着重要作用。本研究旨在描述并评估一项促进日本社区与便利店合作的教育项目的开展情况。我们通过对便利店员工进行访谈来开发该教育项目，以鼓励他们与健康/社会护理专业人员合作来帮助老年人。我们对184名参与者进行了项目前后的问卷调查以评估该项目。项目结束后，便利店员工对痴呆症态度的总分显著提高（ = .010）。相反，社区意识子量表“团结与积极性”的得分在健康/社会护理专业人员中显著提高（ = .003）。根据参与者的职业，这个教育项目对支持老年人的认知和态度会产生显著影响。这个教育项目可以促进社区网络的形成，从而打造一个对老年人友好的社区。
