Abstract
The purpose of this study to clarify the relationship between acceptance of illness and aging and a sense of well-being through the daily life activities in the frail elderly at home. We examined 27 cases of the frail elderly who received care from visiting nurses based at two visiting nurse stations in H city. Individual interviews consisted of semi-structured questions were tape-recorded and the grounded theory approach was used for analyzing. The results of this study Were as follow : 1. Three structures of life activity were found to be associated with a sense of well-being ; basic life activity, social life activity and creative life activity. 2, The frail elderly were found to be divided into two groups with respect to their awareness of their illness and aging ; those who accepted their illness and aging and those who did not. 3. There were four patterns of lifestyle found ; who have creative activity and accept their illness and aging, who have creative activity and accept their illness and aging and don't, who want creative activity and accept their illness and aging and don't, who don't have creative activity and don't accepted their illness and aging. 4. The four elderly who experienced both self-actualization and self-acceptance had the social support of family, friends and volunteer in the community in addition to welfare services provided by the health care system.
