Abstract
The intervention was carried out for the elderly with dementia who displayed
apathy at a health service facility. The procedure of daily life support planned by an
occupational therapist was used to improve the subjective quality of life（ QOL） and
the care staff’s sense of satisfaction. The care staff was involved in direct living
support. The evaluation was performed using the Quality of Life in Alzheimer’s
Disease Scale （QOL-AD）, Hyogo Activities of Daily Living Scale （HADLS）, nine
stages of Numerical Rating Scale （NRS）, the care staff’s descriptions of
implementation during the intervention, and a free description after the intervention.
As a result of the intervention, the subjective QOL of the elderly with dementia and
sense of satisfaction of the care staff improved. The intervention using the procedure
of daily life support, which clarified the purpose and intention of the intervention, and
methods of intervention and evaluation, and points of attention in the intervention,
reconstructed the subjective living of the elderly with dementia. It is suggested that
achieving such subjective living of the elderly with dementia was effective for both
the person receiving care and the person providing it.
