Abstract
In Japan aging has proceed at a rapid rate and the number of dementias patient also increase commensurately. Coloring is suggested to have an effect to activate the brain and hopefully prevent dementias to reach advanced stage. In this study coloring was taken place at the pay home for the assisted-living resident as a part of recreation. The number of fall accident and nurse call was counted before and after the recreation. Moreover concentration level was examined during coloring work with a brain activity measuring instrument, to find out most effective writing equipment for an activation of the brain. The averages of fall accident decreased to 4.6 times from 10.7 times and the frequency of the nurse call decreased to average of 832 from 1469 per month. This result showed that coloring has favorable influence to nursing facilities tenant and so it is thought that coloring is an activity that should be taken as one of the recreations taken place at the senior care home.
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