【Study Progress Report】

We compiled and published the results of the three-year (2018–2020), grant-in-aid study, “Study Development and Trial Run of a Program to Maintain and Improve Social Activity Skill to Extend the Healthy and Independent Lifespans of the Elderly” (lead: Junichiro OKATA).

The table of contents are as follows. Click on the link to download each article.

“Life Resilience Research” Volume 1 (March 2021)

Table of Contents

Introduction
PartⅠ Maintaining and Improving the Mechanism of Social Activity Skill
1. Research Structure(Jun Goto)
2. Sociological Code(Shinya Saisyo)
3. Effect of aging on social health(Kyo TAKAHASHI, Mai TAKASE, Ryogo OGINO, Jun GOTO, and Katsuya IIJIMA)

PartⅡ Characteristic of Operation Method of Place and Program to Maintain and Improve Social Activity Skill
4. Management Model of a Community Space Intended to Maintain and Increase Social Participation: Development of ‘Chikikatsudokan’ Method and Its Application(Ryogo OGINO, Mai TAKASE, Ryoichi NITANAI, and Jun GOTO)
5. Self-management of Circles by the Elderly: A Case Study of a Movie Club in the City(Kazuki KANEKO andYukitsugu KOMAZAWA)
6. Conversation Analysis of Social Participation: Face-to-face Openings in Calligraphy Lessons(Eri SAKAI)
7.  A Video Analysis of Calligraphy Club Activity Encouraging Older Adult’s Social Participation: Focusing on Participants who had Trouble Joining the Conversation(Riko NAKAYAMA and Hiroshi SATO)
8. Qualitative Research on the Primary Effect of Fish Pet Ownership Using the Bottleium, a Bottle-Type Aquarium, on Community Dwelling Older Adults in Japan: A Potential Preventive Measure Towards Social Isolation(Mai Takase, Ryogo Ogino, Keishiro Yoshida, Hikari Kusu, Tetsuya Kenmochi, Jun Goto) →Please click on this URL to view the article. https://www.mdpi.com/2308-3417/6/1/17
9. Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Activities of Toyoshikidai’s Community Space(Neo Kazembe, Cong Wang, Taeeun Kim, Shuichiro Higuma, Hongjik Kim, Yerim Yang, Christopher Sean Gandy, Ryogo Ogino, Mai Takase

PartⅢ Communities to Prevent the Decline of Social Activity Skill
10. Kamaishi City(Hironori Kobayashi and Kazutate Hosogaya)
11. Kawasaki City(Jun Goto)
12. Akita City(Jun Goto)
13. Study on appearance of community activeness at temporary settlements after the 2011 Great East Earthquake: Based on the practice of resident temporary settlement management in Otsuchi town(Ryoichi Nitanai)
14. Adult Guardianship System(Shinya Saisyo)
15. Nudge(Hiroshi Murayama)
Publication Information

【Research Accomplishment】

Fiscal year of 2020

〔Article〕

  • Kenichiro Ito, Ryogo Ogino. Atsushi Hiyama, Michitaka Hirose. (2020). Evaluating Seniors’ Virtual Reality Experience Performed at a Local Community Event in Japan. HCII 2020: Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. Healthy and Active Aging, 609-621.
    https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50249-2_43
  • Ryogo Ogino(2020). Constructing Social Connections in Local Districts in the “With Corona” Era, Bulletin of the Japan Society for the Study of Kominkan, 17, 57-65.(in Japanese)
    https://doi.org/10.24661/kominkan.17.0_57
  • Mai Takase, Ryogo Ogino, Keishiro Yoshida, Hikari Kusu, Tetsuya Kenmochi, Jun Goto. (2021). Qualitative Research on the Primary Effect of Fish Pet Ownership Using the Bottleium, a Bottle-Type Aquarium, on Community Dwelling Older Adults in Japan: A Potential Preventive Measure Towards Social Isolation. Geriatrics, 6(1), 17.
    https://doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics6010017

〔Symposium Presentation〕

  • Dongyool Kim, Taichi Masuda, Shuichiro Higuma, Yerim Yang, Sayaka Terazawa, Mai Takase, Ryogo Ogino, and Jun Goto. A Community Space With Diverse Activities Support Older Adults’ Social Participation and Sustain Social Connection, GSA 2020 Annual Scientific Meeting (Online), 2020.11.04.
    https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.1400
  • Neo Kazembe, Hongjik Kim, Cong Wang, Shuichiro Higuma, Yerim Yang, Taeeun Kim, Ryogo Ogino, Mai Takase. Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on senior-to-senior social engagement activities at a community space in Japan. GSA 2020 Annual Scientific Meeting (Online), 2020.11.06.
    https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.3473
  • Mai Takase, Ryogo Ogino, Keishiro Yoshida, Hikari Kusunoki, Tetsuya Kenmochi. The Effect of Bottleium, a Bottle-Type Aquarium, Ownership on Community-Dwelling Older Adults. GSA 2020 Annual Scientific Meeting (Online), 2020.11.06.
    https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.380
  • Yoko Matsuoka, Junhua Zhang, Weida Lyu, Kei Aoyagi, Mai Takase, Ryogo Ogino, Jun Goto. The Association of Early-Morning Eating Habits With High Nutrient Intake by Older Japanese Adults Living Alone. GSA 2020 Annual Scientific Meeting (Online), 2020.11.07.
    https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.779

〔Social Contribution〕

  • Mai Takase. 高齡者社區照護機構設計 Introduction and Analysis of Toyoshikidai Kawshiwa City Activity Center by IOG. Japan-Taiwan Lecture Series of Law. 2021.2.18.
  • Mai Takase. Thinking about Social Participation of Older Adults: Example of Chikikatsudokan at Kashiwa City, Chiba Prefecture. The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa Open Campus (online) 2020.10.24.

Fiscal year of 2019

〔Article〕

  • Jun Goto(2019). Possibility of Community assessment through the Care service project of Living support for the elderly: A Case Study of City of Akita , Akita Prefecture. Journal of the City Planning Institute of Japan, 54(3), 856-863.(in Japanese)
    https://doi.org/10.11361/journalcpij.54.856
  • Kenichiro Ito, Ryogo Ogino. Atsushi Hiyama, Michitaka Hirose. (2019). Senior’s Acceptance of Head-Mounted Display Using Consumer Based Virtual Reality Contents. HCII 2019: Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. Design for the Elderly and Technology Acceptance, 170-180.
    https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22012-9_13

〔Symposium presentation〕

  • Eri Sakai, Hongjik Kim, Akihiko Kamesawa, Dongyool Kim, Riko Nakayama, Sayaka Terazawa, Keishi Ogawa, Kohei Masuda, Yuri Akizuki, Yingxue Yang, Yerim Yang, Yuma Suzuki, Richa Shah, Taichi Masuda, Christopher Sean Gandy, Kazuho Maeda, Mai Takase, Shinya Saisho, Ryogo Ogino, Hiroshi Murayama, Jun Goto. Exploring the significance of the community center to Japanese senior citizens from the perspective of place attachment, 11th International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics Asia/Oceania Regional Congress, 2019.10.26.
  • Eri Sakai, Akihiko Kamesawa, Riko Nakayama, Jihoon Kim, Yuki Akizuki, Yingxue Yang, Ryogo Ogino, Jun Goto. Initiation of interaction as the beginning of social participation: Conversation analysis of a Japanese senior club. The Gerontological Society of America’s 71st Annual Scientific Meeting, 2019.11.13. https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz038.617
  • Mai Takase, Ryogo Ogino, Jun Goto, Junichiro Okata. A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF The Social Support in Solitary Seniors Who Attend Club Activity or Go Out to See Friends. The Gerontological Society of America’s 71st Annual Scientific Meeting, 2019.11.13.
    https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz038.628

〔Social Contribution〕

  • Mai Takase. Thinking about Highly Aged Society from the Perspective of “Community” ~ What can we do~ Senior Marketing Day. 2019.4.23,, QUARTZ GALLERY.

Fiscal year of 2018

〔Symposium Presentation〕

  • Tanaka T, Takahashi K, Suthutvoravut U, Nishimoto M, Fujisaki M, Yoshizawa Y, Akishita M, Iijima K. Social Frailty as a Predictor of 5-year disability and Mortality in Physically Non-Frail Adults. The Gerontological society of America, Annual scientific meeting in Boston 2018.11.14-18.
  • Iijima K, Tanaka T, Takahashi K, Toba K, Koichi K, Akishita M. Social frailty as a predictor for physical frailty and cognitive decline in community-dwelling elderly adults: From the Kashiwa Study. The 14th International Congress of the European Union Geriatric Medicine Society, Berlin, Germany.