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<b>Objective：</b>Care Cafe® aims to remove the barriers between medical treatment, nursing, and welfare, particularly with regard to actual practice. This study was conducted to investigate the changes in local integration using the Care Cafe®. <b>Method：</b>Participants in Care Cafe® filled out the questionnaire before and after attending. We used the Mixed Method to compare the results. This method provides analysis on changes in“quantify the quality of communication and cooperation among medical, nursing, and welfare services in a region”scale points, as well as content analysis on the free-opinion space. <b>Results：</b>The“quantify the quality of communication and cooperation”scale points increased significantly overall, as well as on the subscale. The effect size ranged form 0.32 to 0.36. We also had various successes in the content analysis of the free-opinion space, such as building face-to-face relationships in multiple occupations, that being one of the main purposes of Care Cafe®, as well as providing support, learning through discussion, and generating social capital. <b>Conclusion：</b>Care Cafe® may be a useful tool for improving local, multi-discipline cooperation involving medical treatment, nursing, and welfare.