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The purpose of this study is to investigate the intervention effect of a client-centered occupational therapy on occupational performance, cognition, activity daily living (ADL), and quality of life in the elderliy who have resided in tnursing facility. Outcome measures were Canadian occupational performance measure (COPM), Korean version of mini-mental state examination (MMSE-K), Katz’s index of independence in activity daily living (KIADL), and geriatric quality of life - dementia (GQOL-D). Measurements were performed before and after the intervention. A client-centered occupational therapy consists of physical and cognitive activities, ADL, leigure activities. The MMSE-K score was significantly improved after thee intervention (p<.05). However, there were not found in the COMP, KIADL, and GQOL between pre- and post-test (p>.05), despite remarkable improvement after thee intervention. These findings suggest that a client-centered occupational therapy might be beneficial to improve health condition of elderly in nursing facility.