Abstract
The increase in dementia is remarkable due to aging. Due to changes in household composition, family roles have changed, and the number of men caring for wives and mothers with dementia is increasing. Older men tend to be unacceptable to rely on social resources and do not seek help because of their gender values when they find it difficult to care for dementia of family woman. Therefore, when an elderly man takes on a long-term care role, he may try to solve it himself. For older men, long-term care reduces ability to seek help, but the experience value of long-term care can increase self-esteem and help. As necessary support for elderly men who are caring for them, it is necessary to watch over each other in their daily lives, to make casual confirmations, and to create a mechanism to notice abnormalities without having deep involvement. In order for elderly men who have a job while caring for them to exert their ability to seek help, they should understand and accept men who do not want direct support from others, and establish a system to continue their work. Men who have experience in long-term care are considered to have confidence and confidence that they can solve the problems and have a high sense of self-efficacy and self-esteem from the experience of solving the problems of long-term care. Elderly men who had the experience value of long-term care could further enhance their self-efficacy, and men with a high self-efficacy were considered to have a high level of ability to seek help.
