‘인간중심 돌봄’적인 측면에서의 치매친화환경지침 비교검토

Abstract

Purpose: This study aims to examine how Person-Centered Care approach has affected the long-term elderly care facility design guidelines related to the dementia friendly environment, by examining the literature on ‘Person-Centered Care’ highlighted in research; to address the policy implications for dementia-friendly environment on basis of Person-centered approach. Method: The concept of Person-centered Care was defined, and the principles and the design features of Person-centered care were derived from literature review focused on person-centered Care and the design of environments for people with dementia highlighted in research. Based on the facts, this study examines how much Person-Centered Care approach affects the design guidelines for dementia-friendly environments by comparative review. Result: The result shows that the principles and design features of Person-centered Care influence on that of the selected design guidelines for dementia-friendly elderly care environments directly through comparative review. The viewpoint to dementia care environments has changed from person-centered care approach for dementia patients based on homelike environment to that expanded dementia patients’ families and staffs who take care of them, based on community. In Korea, the direction of dementia care policy is in the process of gradually changing from a medical approach to an expanded social and person-centered care approach. There is a strong need to establish the design guideline for dementia-friendly environments to apply the efficient change.