The purpose of this study was to clarify nursing practices of visiting nurses with regard to aged with depression． We developed a questionnaire to covering 49 care items to visiting nurses dealing with depression and mailed it to 184 visiting nurses to examine the importance and practice of care items． We analyzed 106 questionnaires， We performed factor analysis about nursing practice s， and 42 items were chosen， a 4-factor structure became clear． Cronbach’s a coefficient was 0.80-0.95， and internal consistency was confirnied． The highest practice rate was “adjusted trust acquisition with the depression and family， reference with the other job”at 91.4％， and the lowest was “care of the by anima which they understood a feeling， and raised motivation” at 74.1％． Psychiatric nurses took practices more than non－psychiatric nurses． These results suggested that visiting nurses need to education in psychiatric nursing．

A survey was conducted on doctors and inhabitants who are over 40 years old in 1 prefecture to clarify a different view of “Good Death” between doctors and inhabitants． One of the questions was how often you think about ‘death’． There was no difference in the answers between doctors and inhabitants． The results showed that about 70% think ［often］ or ［sometimes］ and about 50% feel anxious or fearfu1 about ‘death’， Both doctors and inhabitants strongly agree with the following views of ‘Good Death’； ［Death without troubling surroundings］ ， ［Death without pain and fear］ and ［Death without long life under medical treatment］ though the order was different． However， it was also found that there was a different view of ‘Good Death’ between doctors and inhabitants ： inhabitants hope more for <‘death’ with less burden to seif and others > than doctors do． lt is important for medical staff to understand the different view of ‘Good Death’ by inhabitants and support them to face ‘death’ in the way they wish．

The purpose of this study was to examine service of in－home terminal care from the perspective of bereaved fatnilies． Questionnaires were given to 46 bereaved families of patients with terminal cancer and 49 bereaved families of patients without terminal cancer． The subjects of analysis were 38 families of patients with terminal cancer （response rate： 83.0％） and the other 42 families （res ponse rate： 85.7％） ①The result of evaluation of emergency measures was better from the perspective of bereaved families．②The following care services for patients were related to family acceptance of patient’s death as a reality： death management， coordination among family or relatives and Psychological support．

To describe basic data for the effective health guidance the community-dwelling older people, this study was conducted involving 291 adults aged 65 or older, with a comparison of physical, cognitive, and mental functions between young-old and old-old, and by gender. Certain physical functions such as muscular strength of the extremities, walking ability and the dexterity of digits seemed to be affected by gender. Overall, however, their physical functions were significantly affected by aging, and had decreased to a greater degree in old-old than young-old adults. Especially, it was suggested that balance while standing as well as cognitive functions were more significantly aifected by aging than by gender. On the other hand, mental aspects such as their subjective view of their own health and satisfaction with life showed no significant differences by gender or between age groups, suggesting their lower susceptibility to gender and aging. These findings demonstrated that both men and women showed a high risk of falling in the old-old adults, suggesting the importance of training to improve balance and walking ability as well as cognitive training in preventive care and health guidance for people in this age group.