Abstract
This study clarifies what the elderly people living in a healthcare facility want to let their caregivers know, and declares how they are conscious of being old through their hidden demands. I interviewed eleven people, collected the data of their demands against caregivers and their consciousness of being old, and categorized them. As the result, I found a hidden demand such as 'We'd like a caregiver to know there's something more to do on our own'; to be more concrete, "We want to protect our health by ourselves", "We'll become worse if we stay as we are", and "We'd like a caregiver to believe in our potential". Some of them were having negative view of being old due to their hidden demands. So caregivers need to know their demands in order to enrich their QOL even if these elderly people don't ask them to. Therefore I suggest caregivers need to make a close relationship with them while thinking about their feelings that they can't express clearly, do their health assessment continuously, and try to get a mutual agreement on the nursing care plan as to their future.
