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KMID : 1034520210150010055
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Journal of Occupational Therapy for the Aged and Dementia
2021 Volume.15 No. 1 p.55 ~ p.63
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A Study of the Justification for Occupational Therapist’ Participation in the Projects by the Early Examination Team of a Dementia Care Center
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Cho Mi-Lim
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Abstract
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Objective : The purpose of this study was to ascertain the justification for occupational therapists' participation in the projects by the early examination team of a dementia care center from occupational therapists nationwide.
Methods : A survey of 264 occupational therapists nationwide was conducted during the period from April 2020 to August 2020. After collecting the questionnaires, 258 copies were used as data for the final analysis, and 6 copies with missing responses were excluded.
Results : According to the results of the survey of the occupational therapists’ perception of their own competencies in relation to the projects of the early examination team of the dementia care center, the occupational therapists who participated in the study gave themselves scores of 4 or more points on average in five areas: the elderly and dementia, cognition, activities of daily living, the examination project by the early examination team, and connection with the early examination team’s services. Therefore, the occupational therapists perceive themselves as experts with competencies in the relevant areas. In addition, in the results of the survey regarding the perception of the justification for the occupational therapists’ participation in the projects by the early examination team of the dementia care center, they got scores of 4 or more points on average for the four questions about the justification of the inclusion of occupational therapists in the projects by the early examination team of the dementia care center: cognition and cognitive assessment, and performance of cognition testing through intervention experts; connection with dementia support services through experts with knowledge about the elderly and dementia and follow-up consultation; and the necessity of connection with dementia support services through experts with knowledge about the elderly’s activities of daily living and follow-up consultation. In this way, it determined that they think the experts for the relevant areas must carry out the relevant services. Regarding the perception of the competence of occupational therapists and the justification in relation to the projects by the early examination team according to general characteristics, there was no significant difference.
Conclusion : This study is meaningful in that it presented evidence for the justification for the participation of occupational therapists in the early examination project by the dementia care center.
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KEYWORD
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Community-Based Occupational Therapy, Dementia Care Center, Early Examination Team, Occupational Therapist
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