Businessmen's Perspectives Concerning Their Experiences with People with Dementia and Information about Dementia

Abstract

This study intends to elucidate the experiences of businessmen who have been involved with people with dementia, and the information they need about on dementia. The study was conduct against 100 members of B association consisting of A bank customers who participated in a lecture on dementia care, and who extended their cooperation in the survey. The methodology comprised an A4-sized self-report questionnaire. The result showed that 68% subjects had prior experience of care for worrying about their relative's dementia, 26% had interacted with them in business, and 62% encountered them daily. Although, most commonly, the subjects were embarrassed when communicating each other with people having dementia, some of them had successful experiences, by accepting the latter through well thought of ways of treating them when they encountered difficulties. The main topics that the subjects had intentions to know were "dementia prevention or its early diagnosis," "matters concerning care," and "services or systems." Furthermore, the proportion of subjects who wished to know about "property management and adult guardianship" was significantly high among elderly subjects aged 70 years or older (p<0.05).