Abstract
Environmental improvements of old nursing homes are important for the elderly with dementia to improve their quality of life. Action research, which combines research with practice action, is one of processes of environmental improvement. On process of action research in nursing homes, observation research on behavior might be more effective than interview and questionnaire, because the elderly have cognitive impairments. And Active place-choice is behavior relating to quality of life, and included in place-trips. In observation research on place-trips, it is possible to use video camera to record sequential behavior. This paper introduces the observation research to analyze place-trips in a nursing home, and considers the method to evaluate active place-choice and quality of life.
