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WEAR

accessories

makeup

umbrella

footwear

choosing clothes

storing clothes

changing clothes

packing

changing clothes for the season

grooming

socks

EAT

nibbling while cooking

smell/aroma

stove

refrigerator

kitchen knife

taste/flavor

product packages

clearing up after meals

menu/recipe

cooking appliances

cooking process

cooking time

meal timing

preparing meals

tiredness after meals

dining table

eating utensils

RESIDE

disposing of garbage

schedule

door

wall

bedroom

floor

cleaning up

searching things

daily routine

clock

washing machine

hanging laundry

organizing things

window

key

BUDGET

using ATM machines

bank transfer

loan

insurance

making deposits and withdrawals

household budget

pension

guardian of adult

password

public assistance

inheritance

tax

savings/investment

lease agreement

passbook/cash card/seal

electricity/gas/water

BUY

cash register

shoplifting

store entrance

selecting items

bringing items home

replacing electrical appliances

small change

bagging items

calculation

wallet

shopping basket

shopping cart

shopping list

store shelves

store announcements

CARE

bath

care plan

lavatory

nursing care insurance system/services

nursing care facilities

hospitalization

physicians/nurses

taking drugs

medical tests

brushing teeth

hydration

counseling and support offices

people to talk to/partners

sleeping

nursing care professionals

diagnoses

hospital visits

exercising

disability certificate

MOVE

escalator

elevators

directional signs

car navigation system

bus

going in reverse

transfers

reservations

transportation IC cards

traffic light

driving licensing system

exits

tickets

unfamiliar places

ticketing machines

maps

belongings

train stations

pedestrian crossing

walking

destinations

airport

bicycle

following distance

driving: other

driving route

running speed

stairs

train

train stations

parking lot

SOCIALIZE

presents

E-mails/Line/Messenger

conversation

public space

public procedures

ceremonial occasions: coming of age, marriage, funeral and ancestral worship

name

Faces of family and friends

Place to be

memory

letters/New Year's greeting cards

get-togethers for them

promise

events

mail/home delivery

telephone/smartphone

dinner/drinking parties

PLAY

karaoke/singing songs

jogging

sports

television

hotel

creative activities

taking walks

trips

hot spring/spa

beauty care/relaxation

appreciating art

STUDY

blog/SNS

entrance examination

foreign language

classes

stationery

writing letters, words and sentences

reading letters, words and sentences

newspaper

reading/writing Chinese characters

presentation meetings/social gatherings/lectures

reading books

looking up things

WORK

TO DO

computer work

floor/seating

presentation

superiors

job information/knowledge

work procedures

meetings

work speed

colleagues

exchanging business cards

customer-facing/sales

recruitment

personnel transfer/demotion

detail-oriented work

leaving employment

  • 11 Areas of Daily Living
    Daily Living Challenge
    DATA
    the Mental or Physical Dysfunction
    Knowledge
    Person
  • escalator

    When I was not feeling well, I was scared of riding the escalator. I had to hold on to it tightly.

    Cannot sense or operate one's own body

    Have altered sense of speed

    Cannot tell distance

    Cannot tell depth

    Cannot tell directions or loss of spatial orientation

    Using the elevator and stairs instead
    Chie Iida (alias)
  • directional signs

    There are so many arrows on information signs at train stations, and I feel as if they are piercing my eyes. I feel sick because the amount of information overwhelms me and makes my head spin.

    Cannot perform more than one thing simultaneously

    Cannot tell directions or loss of spatial orientation

    Have headaches

    Naomi Higuchi
  • walking

    directional signs

    If I see too much information while traveling, I feel confused and get really tired.

    Cannot perform more than one thing simultaneously

    Become easily fatigued, mentally and physically

    Naomi Higuchi
  • directional signs

    Arrows on signs and billboards indicating straight ahead appear to be pointing to the direction to the ceiling.

    Cannot tell directions or loss of spatial orientation

    Cannot associate plane with space

    Naomi Higuchi
  • directional signs

    Cannot tell where slanted or rounded arrows on signs and billboards are pointing

    Cannot tell directions or loss of spatial orientation

    Cannot associate plane with space

    Naomi Higuchi
  • train

    transfers

    I have to be constantly mindful of transfers, etc. so that I do not make mistakes on my way to work.

    Cannot retain/recall your plans and schedule

    Cannot retain/recall places and landmarks

    Cannot recall processes and procedures to accomplish things

    Cannot integrate/process more than one piece of information

    Asking others for help when I become confused about the route, etc.
    Chie Iida (alias)
  • train stations

    train

    walking

    transfers

    I cannot find my way at the station where I got off to transfer trains on the way to visit my wife's grave.

    Cannot retain/recall places and landmarks

    Cannot recall processes and procedures to accomplish things

    Iwao Kuboki
  • transfers

    I have trouble changing trains and fell at a loss.

    Cannot retain/recall your own behavior, experiences, and habits

    Cannot recall processes and procedures to accomplish things

    Cannot tell directions or loss of spatial orientation

    Naomi Higuchi
  • traffic light

    I ignored the traffic signals unconsciously.

    Cannot process more than one thing that you see/hear simultaneously

    Cannot perform more than one thing simultaneously

    Naomi Higuchi
  • tickets

    I lose tickets.

    Cannot retain/recall your own behavior, experiences, and habits

    Naomi Higuchi
  • destinations

    maps

    unfamiliar places

    Traveling to a new place now requires careful planning in advance.

    Cannot retain/recall places and landmarks

    Cannot recall processes and procedures to accomplish things

    Cannot integrate/process more than one piece of information

    Saving map application search results as images and checking them with my location while traveling. Setting timers for planned transfers and getting-offs.
    Chie Iida (alias)
  • destinations

    unfamiliar places

    I feel that my ability to go to new places or do new things has declined. I get tired easily.

    What you see/hear immediately disappears from memory

    Cannot recall processes and procedures to accomplish things

    Small changes prevent you from completing familiar actions

    Become easily fatigued, mentally and physically

    Akio Kakishita
  • maps

    It is difficult for me to read maps. I cannot tell where I am.

    Cannot tell directions or loss of spatial orientation

    Cannot associate plane with space

    Naomi Higuchi
  • maps

    Cannot read the map if it is upside down

    Cannot tell directions or loss of spatial orientation

    Cannot associate plane with space

    Naomi Higuchi
  • belongings

    I left my bag behind.

    Cannot retain/recall your own behavior, experiences, and habits

    Naomi Higuchi
  • train

    train stations

    When getting on the subway, where I cannot see the outside, I get anxious because I worry about what to do if I take a wrong train. I sometimes get on wrong trains going to the opposite direction.

    Cannot tell directions or loss of spatial orientation

    Akio Kakishita
  • walking

    Once a new house is built on a street I am used to walking on, the street appears unfamiliar.

    Cannot retain/recall places and landmarks

    Small changes prevent you from completing familiar actions

    Naomi Higuchi
  • walking

    While walking on the street, I think about whether the cats I see are real or not and get tired.

    Feel as if you are seeing things that should not be there

    Become easily fatigued, mentally and physically

    Naomi Higuchi
  • walking

    An ordinary car at a stoplight appeared to me as a crumpled up car that had had an accident.

    Visually misperceive things

    Naomi Higuchi
  • destinations

    The scenery that I remember is different from the actual scenery. When I am in a place that I have not visited for a long time, I feel as if I am in a different world and get confused. I cannot get to my destination.

    Cannot retain/recall your own behavior, experiences, and habits

    Akio Kakishita
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