Abstract
Their QOL is influenced by their mental health (the 1st factor) and their mental health is influenced by an individual factor of their level of ADL function as well as an environmental factor recognizing stresses in the living environment (the 2nd factor). From this sequential model, this research examined the validity of the collected data. The research subjects were in 9 facilities, which accepted this research out of 37 geriatric care facilities existing in Gumma prefecture. There were 147 seniors considered by the facility personnel not to have dementia, based on the "dementia-screening standard" from the Ministry of Health and Welfare research group. The research analysis was calculated with the score of the QOL from the basic ADL score by the Barthel Index, the mental health analysis from the "depression score" by the "Japanese version of CES-D", the QOL scores from "LSI-A" and "condensed form of PGC moral measurement". From the results of analysis made by the dis persion structural analysis method, the above-mentioned cause and effect applies to the findings. In regards to the living environment stress recognition, it became obvious that the "facility environment stress" factor influences the degree of mental health. From the above results, these findings are considered to be very important perspectives for geriatric facilities in the future to be pleasant "Places for Living".
