2015 Volume 30 Issue 6 Pages 933-937
[Purpose] Using the task of a transfer from wheelchair to bed, the relevance of an evaluation method assessing performance levels of the cared person based on the assistance was analyzed from the perspective of behavioral theory. [Subjects] A helper and a disabled elderly person with dementia at a nursing home. [Methods] Six performance levels were set based on the four-step assistance sequence performed by the helper. By graphically illustrating the assistance behavior every time the cared person performed unit behavior, chronological changes in the assistance were analyzed from the perspective of changes in the performance levels of the cared person. [Results] The performance process of the cared person showed a new performance level at each unit behavior. Thus, new information from a viewpoint different from that of the conventional activity of daily life evaluation method was obtained. [Conclusion] This evaluation method can provide information useful for determining the performance level of the cared person and the appropriate assistance to be provided by helpers.
