A care support apparatus, comprising - an image output device which is configured to display symbols (201,..., 212; 301,..., 312; 401,..., 412) which visualize a care procedure, - a specification device which is configured to specify symbols to be displayed on the basis of a target care procedure, - a recording device which is configured to record a user input and to assign displayed symbols to an actual care procedure on the basis of the user input, - an image generating device which is configured to generate symbols which visualize the actual care procedure, wherein a comparison device is configured to compare a first sequence, in which the symbols to be displayed are specified on the basis of the target care procedure, with a second sequence, in which user inputs have been recorded as displayed symbols assigned to the actual care procedure, wherein the image output device is configured to display the symbols that visualize the target care procedure and the symbols that visualize the actual care procedure simultaneously, and - an evaluation device which is configured to generate a spontaneous evaluation depending on a result of a comparison of the first sequence of the target care procedure with the second sequence of the actual care procedure, and which is designed to assign a spontaneous evaluation to a specific displayed symbol in the absence of a correspondence between the positions of a working step in the two sequences, wherein the image output device is configured to display the spontaneous evaluation adjacent to the relevant assigned symbol or superimposed on the relevant assigned symbol. - an image output device which is configured to display symbols (201,..., 212; 301,..., 312; 401,..., 412) which visualize a care procedure, - a specification device which is configured to specify symbols to be displayed on the basis of a target care procedure, - a recording device which is configured to record a user input and to assign displayed symbols to an actual care procedure on the basis of the user input, - an image generating device which is configured to generate symbols which visualize the actual care procedure, wherein a comparison device is configured to compare a first sequence, in which the symbols to be displayed are specified on the basis of the target care procedure, with a second sequence, in which user inputs have been recorded as displayed symbols assigned to the actual care procedure, wherein the image output device is configured to display the symbols that visualize the target care procedure and the symbols that visualize the actual care procedure simultaneously, and - an evaluation device which is configured to generate a spontaneous evaluation depending on a result of a comparison of the first sequence of the target care procedure with the second sequence of the actual care procedure, and which is designed to assign a spontaneous evaluation to a specific displayed symbol in the absence of a correspondence between the positions of a working step in the two sequences, - an evaluation device which is configured to generate a spontaneous evaluation depending on a result of a comparison of the first sequence of the target care procedure with the second sequence of the actual care procedure, and which is designed to assign a spontaneous evaluation to a specific displayed symbol in the absence of a correspondence between the positions of a working step in the two sequences, wherein the image output device is configured to display the spontaneous evaluation adjacent to the relevant assigned symbol or superimposed on the relevant assigned symbol.