Coronavirus cluster found at Gifu welfare facility for people with disabilities
A total of 6 people at the welfare facility in Gifu were found to be infected, and it was certified as a cluster.
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Three residents at Aichi care home for the disabled sent to hospital with “holes in the intestines”, abuse never suspected
Since September 2018, three residents have been transported from the facility as an emergency seven times in total, and all have been diagnosed with holes in the intestines, but the facility did not suspect the possibility of abuse at all.
Former director at Kobe care facility admits assault on people with disabilities
At a welfare facility in Kita-ku, Kobe, the first trial of a former facility director accused of assault for hitting the face of a junior high school girl with intellectual disabilities was held at the Kobe District Court, and the former facility director admitted to the content of the indictment.
Coronavirus cluster found at a facility for the disabled in western Japan city
Nishinomiya City announced that it was confirmed that six people, including users and staff, were infected with the new coronavirus at facilities for the disabled in the city
It is assumed that a cluster has occurred, and a PCR test will be conducted on about 150 people including all users and staff.
69 new cases of coronavirus infections in Kanagawa, many at care facilities
On November 3rd, 69 new coronavirus infections were revealed in Kanagawa prefecture. Of these, 42 have unknown infection routes. Health authorities in the prefecture and four cities including Yokohama and Kawasaki were announced.
Former employee of facility for the disabled arrested on suspicion of injuring facility resident
According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, three years ago in 2017, a 28-year-old man who had been admitted to the hospital was suspected of being injured by tying his limbs with a string and injuring him.
Former employee of ‘after school care service’ arrested for sexually assaulting girl with intellectual disabilities
A former employee of the facility was arrested by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department for sexually assaulting a girl with intellectual disabilities who attended a facility in Katsushika-ku, Tokyo, and for taking a picture of the situation with a smartphone.
Former employee of a facility for people with disabilities arrested, suspected of abuse due to “Stress of new coronavirus”
A camera in the facility shows multiple residents being assaulted, and a survey by Nishinomiya City revealed damage to a total of 10 men and women in their 20s and 50s in about a month. According to the city, the suspect admitted to the abuse and said, “I was busy and stressed by the new coronavirus.”
63 new cases of coronavirus infections found in Kanagawa prefecture, many at care facilities
Yokohama City announced the infection of 42 people. A man in his 40s who used a facility for the disabled in the city was found to be infected, and the total number of infected people at this facility was four. It was also found that four women in their 40s who lived with the facility were infected on the 8th.
Disability groups protest against Osaka Metropolis plan, concerned about welfare service disparity
On October 7th, groups of people with disabilities in the city gathered in front of the city hall to hold an opposition rally about the “Osaka Metropolis Plan” to abolish Osaka City and reorganize it into four special wards. Approximately 200 people with disabilities in wheelchairs handed out fliers, saying that there was a risk of disparity in the welfare services received by the special wards, and protested that “declining services are directly linked to life.”
