Age of patients, mean±SD (years) 68.2±10.8
Sex of patients, male/female (n) 15/5
Disease, cerebral haemorrhage/cerebral infarction (n) 10/10
Age of primary caregiver, mean±SD (years) 63.9±13.9
Sex of caregivers, male/female (n) 2/18
Number of caregivers, mean±SD (n) 1.3±0.5
BI of patients, median, range (score) 70, 5-95
Frequency of nursing-care service use by LTCI,
Mean±SD (times/week)
3.4±2.3
Mean±SD (times/week)  
Number of users of nursing care services by LTCI(n)  
Commuting for care (day care) 10
Commuting rehabilitation (day service) 8
Home-visit long-term care (short-stay care) 4
Home-visit rehabilitation 3
Home-visit nursing 1
Frequency of voluntary training, mean±SD (times/week) 2.4±3.0
J-ZBI of primary caregiver, mean±SD (score) 25.1±17.0
Table 2: Distribution of each evaluation item and of patients’ primary
diseases.