PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a dementia diagnosis support apparatus capable of quickly discriminating the possibility of being affected with dementia by type of dementia, an operation method and an operation program thereof, and a dementia diagnosis support system.SOLUTION: A dementia diagnosis support server 12 provides a simple diagnosis test for dementia. A first question group corresponding to Alzheimer type dementia consists of four questions including Question Q1-1 asking about remote storage. A second question group corresponding to Lewy body type dementia consists of four questions including Question Q2-1 asking whether or not there is a fantastic view. A third question group corresponding to vascular dementia consists of three questions including Question Q3-1 asking about right-left orientation. A fourth question group corresponding to frontotemporal type dementia includes Question Q4-1 on Kana extraction. An output control unit 50 sequentially outputs questions one by one from each of the first to fourth question groups like questions Q1-1, Q2-1, Q3-1, and Q4-1 to an answer terminal 11.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4COPYRIGHT: (C)2018,JPO&INPIT【課題】認知症の罹患の疑いを認知症の種類別に素早く判別することが可能な認知症診断支援装置とその作動方法および作動プログラム、並びに認知症診断支援システムを提供する。【解決手段】認知症診断支援サーバ12は認知症の簡易診断テストを提供する。アルツハイマー型認知症に対応する第1問題群は遠隔記憶を問う問題Q1-1を含む4問、レビー小体型認知症に対応する第2問題群は幻視の有無を問う問題Q2-1を含む4問、血管性認知症に対応する第3問題群は左右の見当識を問う問題Q3-1を含む3問、前頭側頭型認知症に対応する第4問題群はかな拾いの問題Q4-1を有する。出力制御部50は、問題Q1-1,Q2-1,Q3-1,Q4-1,・・・というように、第1~第4問題群の各々から1つずつ順に回答端末11に出力する。【選択図】図4