Clinical usefulness of the Scale for Achievement Motive in Rehabilitation (SAMR) in the long-term care insurance sector:

Client support through home-visit occupational therapy

Abstract

In this report, we examined the clinical usefulness of Scale for Achievement Motive in Rehabilitation (SAMR) through the support of home-visit occupational therapy in the field of long-term care insurance. SAMR measures a client’s motivation to achieve goals. Initial evaluation and intervention using SAMR revealed a “slightly low” motivation, and a goal was set to actualize important activities through interviews. In addition, setting up step-by-step tasks towards the goal, visualizing the number of steps, and increasing self-conscious improved the client’s motivation to achieve (“slightly high”), leading to the termination of home-visit occupational therapy. Evaluation and intervention using SAMR may provide valuable support according to the characteristics of the client’s motivation.