Abstract
This study revealed problems that volunteers have and what kind of support is needed to continue the volunteer activity by having a questionnaire for volunteers. This study also aimed to examine issues with and the support system of volunteer activity for elderly people with dementia. As a result, 45.8% of volunteers had had a problem with volunteer activity and 43.9% of them had asked advice to the member of the volunteer group. On the other hand, the volunteer who talked with the staff in charge of the volunteer when they had a problem was 9.1%.The necessary support to continue volunteer activity included "a periodical class or study session" and "the interchange between volunteers". As to the intention about the volunteer activity for elderly people with dementia, more than half the people who had had an experience of nursing care of their family without the symptom of dementia or of being staff answered that they wanted to do the activity if they had an opportunity. The reasons that some people didn’t want to do the activity were lack of spare time or they didn’t think they could do it.It will be necessary to provide proper information and cultivate the staff who can take the role as a coordinator for the support of volunteer activity for elderly people with dementia in facilities in the future. A system of volunteer acceptance that reflected the intention of the volunteers and updating of the manual is needed.
