Keiko Kudo(Faculty of Health Care,Department of Nursing)｜Teikyo Heisei University Researcher Information Researcher Search by Organization

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Faculty of Health Care,Department of Nursing	Professor
Graduate School of Nursing Science,Master's and Doctoral Programs in Nursing Science	Professor

Last Updated :2025/10/07

The Ways of Dwelling of Frail Elderly： Results of Discussion Using “Floor Plan Sketches”　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Kudo Keiko, Suzuki Akira, Takahashi Ikuko, Inomata Kumi, Amino Hiroko
The 3rd KOREA-JAPAN Joint Conference on Community Health Nursing, Jul. 2016
Lead, This study examines elderly residents' ways of dwelling to support home care. Three houses were analyzed: a 100-year-old traditional house, a 25-year-old detached house, and a 10-year-old detached house with a shop. Despite renovations like handrails, unused spaces and accessibility challenges remained. While residents found some inconveniences, they did not see them as major issues. Care managers, however, noted risks like falls and the need for better living arrangements. Future studies are necessary to optimize living environments based on residents’ needs.

New ways of utilizing house floor plan sketches to facilitate multidisciplinary teamwork aimed at identifying the lifestyle needs of elderly individuals living at home
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
Teikyo Heisei University
01 Apr. 2017 - 31 Mar. 2020
We sought to verify the effectiveness of utilizing house floor plan sketches (FPSs) as a tool for assessing in-home living assistance of elderly individuals. First, we developed a training video to encourage care providers to utilize FPSs. In the video, a public health nurse creates an FPS while gathering information during a home visit, then checks the care recipient’s living conditions together with the care recipient and family members, and also convenes a multidisciplinary case conference. Next, the care providers watched the video and then filled out a questionnaire about utilizing FPSs and their effectiveness. Their responses suggested that watching the video increased their interest in FPSs, but some planning and minor adjustments were needed before they could utilize them routinely. The care providers also made recommendations such as utilizing FPSs in the basic curriculum for nursing and welfare students, as well as by care practitioners providing in-home living assistance.

Utilization of a nonverbal medium to understand home living needs through multidisciplinary cooperation and participation by the individuals concerned
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
Teikyo Heisei University
01 Apr. 2014 - 31 Mar. 2017
The objective of this study was to determine how to effectively utilize floor plan sketches (FPSs) to understand home living needs. Following a survey on the utilization of FPSs and a trial of their use, a conference of hypothetical cases was conducted to examine the effect of utilizing FPSs. FPSs were effective in enabling specific information to be shared in a short time, particularly information on the living environment. Moreover, their use stimulated imaginative thinking in those who lived in the home. These findings suggest that FPS utilization may lead to a broadening of support measures.