Effectiveness of Paper Coloring Recreation in an Elderly Persons Care Home

摘要

Aging poses a problem all over the world, and the numbers of dementias patients are increasing. In connection, number of elderly nursing home is also increasing. Accordingly, health care sector is facing a serious labor shortage. There are needs to create an recreational activity which can expect improvement of elderly people's dementia prevention and easing a care worker's burden. In this study picture colouring was carried out, as a result behavior problems of elderly people decreased dramatically and burden of care worker has also decreased.