Are older people happy? It is our job to keep asking every day. We view older people from their perspective as living people and construct the role of nurses who play a central role in multidisciplinary collaboration from both research and clinical perspectives. Our research fields span many fields, from extending healthy life expectancy to end-of-life care. We conduct the following research activities while considering what we can do as nursing researchers to establish a "next-generation paradigm" that can establish a sustainable healthcare delivery system in a super-aging society.

In addition to the conventional perspective of "the older people as sick people", we will clarify the role of nurses for older adults who cannot be supported by organ-specific and disease-specific medical care alone from the viewpoint of "older people as living people".

・Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (PI: Yasushi Takeya)
“Exploration of optimal nurse-centered interventions for multimorbidity”.

We are researching the usefulness of the phenotype model which provides a holistic picture of the patient for polypharmacy in older people. We promote collaboration between nursing and pharmacy and play a part in the field of geriatric pharmacy.

・Health Labour Sciences Research Grant（Co-Investigator：Yasushi Takeya）
“Research for the promotion of independence support and prevention of severe illness from a pharmacological perspective”.
・Health Labour Sciences Research Grant（Co-Investigator：Yasushi Takeya）
“Research contributing to quality improvement and safety promotion of medical care through resilient healthcare”

In collaboration with Nagoya University, the National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Tokyo University, and the Department of Geriatric Medicine of Osaka University, we will add a nursing perspective to the comprehensive geriatric assessment and develop an evaluation method unique to Japan.

・Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (Co-Investigator：Yasushi Takeya) “A cohort study for the development of a frailty index”. ・Longevity Medical R&D Expenses (Co-Investigator：Yasushi Takeya) “A study to develop guidelines for Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA)”.

In addition to a survey of the actual state of ACP in Japan, we will explore the state of end-of-life care using AI and biomarkers. We aim to create a foundation for end-of-life care based on scientific perspectives.

・Yuumi Memorial Foundation Grant　 (PI: Yasushi Takeya)
“At-home care for the elderly family and people with disabilities, the welfare social worker’s advanced care planning”.

For older people living in the community with multiple disabilities after discharge from the hospital, medical care that supports their recuperative life is important. Eliminating the gap between hospitals and communities, and We, nurses, will build a way of life-centered collaboration based on information collaboration using EHR and PHR, so that older people can receive appropriate nursing care whenever and wherever they are.

Collaborative Research Institution: Department of Medical Information, Osaka University Hospital
JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Support for starting research activities (PI: Eriko Koujiya)

①To test the effectiveness of combined ICT and health guidance interventions to improve sleep literacy for older people living alone in the community and in elderly households, and to create evidence for non-drug interventions.

Collaborative Research Institution: Department of Psychiatry, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Sakai City of Osaka Prefecture, NTTPARAVITA, NTT West, PARAMOUNT BED CO., LTD.
・NTTPARAVITA Joint Research Fund (PI: Miyae Yamakawa)

②Establish a system to monitor older people living alone at home with mild cognitive impairment or early dementia for a long period using a variety of devices to ensure that they can live in peace.

Collaborative Research Institution: Department of Psychiatry, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Asakayama Hospital, NTTPARAVITA, NTT West, PARAMOUNT BED CO., LTD.

MEXT Society 5.0 Realization Research Support Project (Co-Investigator：Miyae Yamakawa) “Research on watching over the frail older people”

③ Construction of a hybrid outpatient nursing clinic using sleep data for individuals with mild cognitive impairment

Collaborative Research Institution: Department of Psychiatry, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine,Asakayama Hospital, NTTPARAVITA, NTT West, PARAMOUNT BED CO., LTD.

・Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (PI: Miyae Yamakawa)
“Construction of a hybrid nursing outpatient clinic using sleep data for people with mild cognitive impairment”

④Research on Clinical Application of Non-wearable Sleep Monitoring Device and Real-time Monitoring System: Non-wearable sleep monitoring devices and real-time monitoring to introduce the system to hospital wards, we will clarify the content of nurses' visits and patient observations before and after use and changes in nurses' awareness.

Collaborative Research Institution: Department of Psychiatry, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, PARAMOUNT BED CO., LTD.

AMED FY2022 "Research and Development Infrastructure Development Project for Social Implementation of Prevention and Health Promotion (2)
Development of Research Methods for New Approaches to Evidence Building on Prevention and Health Promotion

Collaborative Research Institution: Department of Psychiatry, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, NTTPARAVITA, NTT West

・AMED (PI: Miyae Yamakawa) "Visualization of research process and design flow to promote social implementation of healthcare services combining Personal Life Record (PLR) and professional knowledge"

For family caregivers caring for people with dementia at home, we will create a registration database and develop an intervention method to determine whether the emotional expression has an adverse effect on the the people with dementia and their families.

Collaborative Research Institution: Nanaru Visiting Nurse Station, NPO Life Support Ribbon, Inokodani Care Plan Center, Asakayama Hospital, Inokodani Community Comprehensive Support Center

Nippon Life Foundation Aging Society Research Grant Practical Research
(Co-Investigator：Miyae Yamakawa)

We are conducting research for survey analysis aimed at preventing lifestyle-related diseases and extending healthy life expectancy, using big data from the Osaka prefectural government's national health insurance, specific health checkups, and long-term care insurance.

Collaborative Research Institution: Campus Life Support Center, Osaka University
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (Co-Investigator：Miyae Yamakawa)
“Proposal of efficient specific health guidance operation based on Osaka prefecture's comprehensive health checkup integrated big data”