The purpose of this study was to describe how the middle aged women with depression do housework after discharge from the hospital and what makes them have difficulty with certain types of housework. One-hour semi-structured interviews were performed with 8 middle aged women who were hospitalized for depression and who received outpatient treatment after the discharge. The data were analyzed qualitatively. The results almost show a common pattern in the housework that the participants can do and cannot do. They could do the housework which they do not have to make decisions. They could not do the housework for which they need decision. The difficulties which they face in their daily life due to the housework that they cannot do come from their feeling that they cannot respond to their role expectations and they tied to their role consciousness. Based on the study, the difficulties were assumed as follows. Since the obstacle special to depression related to thinking, volition, action, remained after discharge, the distress that could not respond to their role expectations leaded to their role conflict. Then the feeling that they tied to their role consciousness induced difficulties in their daily life. The way of could support middle-aged women with depression was discussed.