Table 1.

Participants’ profile and the result of standardized assessments.

	Participant 1		Participant 2		Participant 3		Participant 4		Participant 5		Participant 6		Participant 7
Age/Sex	86/F		82/F		97/F		79/F		97/M		85/F		85/F
Diagnosis and care level*	Alzheimer’s Dementia (level 1)		Alzheimer’s Dementia (level 1)		Alzheimer’s Dementia (level 4)		Alzheimer’s Dementia (level 3)		Alzheimer’s Dementia (level 4)		Dementia (level 4)		Alzheimer’s Dementia (level 1)
Caregiver (age)	Daughter-in-law (55)		Eldest daughter (55)		Eldest son (62)		Eldest daughter (54)		Eldest son (54)		Husband (88) and eldest son (62)		Eldest son (61)
Standardized score:	Pre	Post	Pre	Post	Pre	Post	Pre	Post	Pre	Post	Pre	Post	Pre	Post
MMSE-J	16	17	21	NT	4	10	13	5	15	19	5	NT	14	14
N-ADL	42	36	46	NT	2	15	41	40	14	14	25	27	25	31
DBD	23	23	17	NT	12	20	35	35	19	14	12	11	40	18
ZBI	14	13	29	NT	27	28	40	35	33	30	12	7	33	12
Goal (achievement)	• Activity Engagement (Not achieved)		• Feel Relaxed • Respite from Supervision (Achieved)		• Activity Engagement • Improve Mood (Achieved)		• Feel Relaxed • Activity Engagement • Respite from Supervision (Not Achieved)		• Activity Engagement • Feel Relaxed (Achieved)		• Activity Engagement • Improve Mood (Achieved)		• Feel Relaxed • Improve Mood (Achieved)

DBD, Dementia Behavior Disturbance; MMSE-J, Mini-Mental State Examination-Japanese; N-ADL, Nishimura’s Activity of Daily Living Scale; NT, not tested; ZBI, Zarit Burden Interview.

^*Care level: Japan’s classification system wherein level 5 is the most severe.