Category: Abuse

by Michael Gillan Peckitt April 1, 2024 Number of comments0
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Executives and Staff at Tokyo Social Welfare Corporation “Tokiwa-kai” Found to Have Abused Mentally Disabled Patients, Over-claimed for Care Costs

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has found that the executives and other staff members of a social welfare corporation “Tokiwa-kai” in Kodaira City, Tokyo, had abused several mentally disabled patients, and that the corporation’s workshop and group home had received excessive compensation for welfare for the disabled even though they did not meet the personnel standards and other requirements. The corporation operates 13 facilities in Kodaira City. According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, the overpayment of remuneration occurred at the “Asayake Workshop,” the main facility of the corporation, and one group home.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt March 16, 2024 Number of comments0
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Disability News Japan Podcast: The Shog-A.I. Shimbun #3: Further Details on the ‘Hokkaido Farm Abuse Case’

Whilst reading about the ranch operator in northern Japan’s Hokkaido who admitted in court on March 12th that they had not paid intellectually disabled workers for decades, giving them only “snacks and juice,” Barrier Free Japan went back to their blog and re-read reports.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt March 14, 2024 3
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Hokkaido ranch operator in abuse suit admits to paying disabled workers in snacks, juice

A ranch operator in northern Japan’s Hokkaido admitted in court on March 12 that they had not paid intellectually disabled workers for decades, giving them only “snacks and juice.”

Three mentally disabled men in their 60s, all living in Hokkaido, have filed suit in the Sapporo District Court against the operators of the Endo ranch in Eniwa, Hokkaido, plus the municipal government there for some 94 million yen (about $635,000), alleging decades of abuse and poor working conditions.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt February 11, 2024 Number of comments0
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Disability News Japan Podcast: Disabled User of Ibaraki City Facility Suffers Serious Burns, Carers Did Not Check Bath Temperature

A male client suffered severe burns while taking a bath at a facility for the disabled in Ibaraki City, Osaka Prefecture. The staff neglected to check the temperature of the hot water.

Ibaraki City announced on February 5th that a male user in his 30s suffered severe burns to approximately 85% of his body after taking a bath at a municipal living support center for people with disabilities.

Two male employees in charge of bathing did not measure the temperature, so it is possible that the temperature was higher than that.

The man is being treated in the hospital’s intensive care unit.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt February 6, 2024 Number of comments0
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Disability News Japan Podcast: Aichi Governor Condemns Care Provider ‘Megumi’ over “economic abuse” of People with Disabilities

According to a prefectural audit, the GH “Fuwafuwa Koda” in Koda Town has over-collected about 12 million yen in food costs from 25 users since its opening in July 2020. Although they collected 28,000 yen per person per month, it was revealed that only about 7,500 yen per month was actually spent on meals.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt February 5, 2024 1
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Three municipalities in Aichi accuse ‘Megumi’ Corporation of “economic abuse” of people with disabilities over excessive collection of food costs

Three cities and towns in Aichi Prefecture, including Koda Town, Aichi Prefecture, have accused Megumi (Headquarters, Tokyo) of a major management company of group homes (GHs) for people with disabilities of overcharging food costs. This is the first time that financial abuse has been found in a series of issues, Governor Hideaki Omura stated in an announcement at a press conference on February 5th. According to Governor Omura, by the end of last year, there were reports that two other cities in the prefecture had recognized economic abuse. Details were not disclosed.

It has been confirmed that 26 Megumi-affiliated GH offices in the prefecture have been over-collecting by a total of approximately 218 million yen.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt January 31, 2024 Number of comments0
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After Assault on Inpatient at Tokyo Psychiatric Hospital, Director and Others to Resign

Takiyama Hospital, a psychiatric hospital in Hachioji, Tokyo, where an incident of assault on an inpatient by a nurse occurred, received guidance from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government that measures to prevent recurrence were insufficient, and the hospital’s director and board members.

An improvement plan to the metropolitan government was resubmitted, a plan that includes the resignation of the head of the department.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt January 31, 2024 Number of comments0
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Shimane reports number of abuse of disabled by family members last year, lowest since records began

Last year, the number of cases in which people with disabilities were abused by family members in Shimane Prefecture was seven, the lowest since statistics began being kept, and the prefecture hopes to further prevent abuse by strengthening its systems.

On the other hand, the number of consultations and reports regarding people being abused at facilities increased by 10 from the previous year to 24, and 6 of these cases were considered abuse.