Age:

85 years old （As of September 2019）

Year of birth:

1934

Place of residence:

Yokosuka City

Relatives living together:

Lives in a senior care facility

Occupation:

Typewriter at Yokosuka Air Base (before marriage)

Age of onset:

About 79 years old

Age of diagnosis:

79 years old

Diagnosis:

Alzheimer type

Dementia rating scale?Mini-Mental State Examination（MMSE）
The most widely used screening test internationally for identifying dementia, in which questions are asked directly to subjects. The MMSE assesses cognitive functions with a series of questions/tasks related to orientation, memory, attention and calculation, language, giving commands and copying a picture. The test yields the highest score of 30 points, and, in general, those who score 23 points or lower are identified as suspected patients with dementia.Revised Hasegawa's Dementia Scale (HDS-R)
A screening test widely used in Japan for identifying dementia, in which questions are asked directly to subjects. It has 9 questions/tasks related to age, orientation, immediate memory and delayed recall of 3 words, calculation, backward digit span, memory of 5 objects and language fluency. The test yields the highest score of 30 points, and, in general, those who score 20 points or lower are identified as suspected patients with dementia.:

Using long-term care insurance:

Using senior care facility residency

Frequency of gatherings with other people with dementia:

Attending and helping out at a dementia café