Community Network to detect Older Single Adults with Dementia andPromote their lives at home

本研究旨在提示社区网络，以发现老年单身成年人痴呆症，并促进他们的居家生活。数据是通过半结构化访谈搜索导致居家护理服务的事件链获得的。根据访谈结果，发现老年单身成年人痴呆症的关键过程被解释为3个阶段：1)持有者单身成年人长期存在的非正式联系；2)逐渐注意到老年单身成年人的一些不同之处；3)建立对痴呆症状的恐惧感。这一过程导致了正式的家庭护理服务，并促进了患有痴呆症的老年单身老年人的家庭生活。这一发现表明，将长期的非正式联系建立在社区网络中，对于寻找患有痴呆症的老年单身老年人是重要的

The purpose of this study was to indicate community network to detect older single adults with dementia and promote their lives at home.The date was obtained through semi-structured interviews which searched chain of events leading to home care service.According to interviews results, the processes which were the keys to detect older single adults with dementia was explained by 3 stages: 1) informal association whicholder single adults have for long time; 2) notice gradually something different about older single adults; 3) build up a sense of apprehension about dementia symptoms. And this process leaded to formal home care service, and promoted home living of older single adults with dementia.This finding suggest that it is important to build long informal association of older single adults into community network for finding older single adults with dementia