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A Study of End-of-Life Care in the Community for Elderly People Oshiro, Ryoko 名桜大学総合研究所 End-of-Life Care Elderly People Okinawans have been celebrating longevity and helping people in their community pass their dying moments at home. Traditional methods of dealing with birth and death and taking care of the spirits of the dead have been inherited from past generations. This research was conducted in Okinawa from January 2005 to November 2005 using the Triangulation Method. The purpose of the research was to examine how elderly people hope to spend their last hours, and to investigate how communal care, including traditional local ways, should be organized most beneficially. In the first investigation, 87 participants in the “group activities for elderly people” completed questionnaire. In the second investigation, ten people from a local elderly group, including trustees of the group, were interviewed using the Ethnography Method. In the third investigation, two facilities were studied in order to grasp the present situation of end-of life health care and terminal care using the Participant Observation Method,. Questionnaires were processed statistically, interviews were analyzed qualitatively, and the following results were obtained: approaching death in a peaceful way, allowing individuals to decide how they want to die, thirdly, and letting people pass away with dignity. In order to meet above needs, elderly people must practice self-health management, maintain good relationships, and participating in yuntaku (Okinawan dialect for “chats”). Furthermore, it is important to establish support systems such as “Yuntaku Net” since the network has been showing the possibility of a new style of communal care for elderly people. application/pdf 名桜大学総合研究所 eng departmental bulletin paper VoR https://meio-u.repo.nii.ac.jp/records/1304 1881-5243 23 85 93 https://meio-u.repo.nii.ac.jp/record/1304/files/No23p85.pdf application/pdf 1.2 MB 2020-12-03