ブックタイトルCSR Booklet 2017

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CSR Booklet 2017

Pioneer in Healthy LongevityMaterial Issue 2Looking out for and supporting dementia patients and their familiesCaravan-Mate Training for Dementia SupportersOur Group provides internal Caravan-Mates training to effectively train dementia supporters who havecorrect understanding of the disease, and watch out for and support patients and their families. Oncetrained, Caravan-Mates go on to provide trainingto dementia supporters in various workplaces.Through this initiative, we strive to be moreconsiderate when engaging with the elderly andthose suffering from dementia.Orange ring given tocertified dementia supportersMaterial Issue 2Personnel training to further our“accompanying”stanceIntroduction of Virtual RealitySompo Care Group introduced virtual reality (VR) capable of simulating the core symptomsassociated with dementia as a tool for training personnel.For example, both knowledge and actual experience of a fever are useful to provideappropriate care to those suffering from the symptom. As we cannot experience dementiasymptoms ourselves, however, care tends to rely on knowledge only.VR helps put staff in their patients’shoes, allowing them to experience the anxiety andconfusion associated with dementia and enabling them to better use their knowledge incaring for patients.Experiencing hallucinations (clearly visualizing something that is not there)The images were checked by a patient with Lewy body disease, a cause ofdementia22