Category: Care

Tottori Prefecture announced that in fiscal year 2022, there were 38 consultations regarding abuse of persons with disabilities reported within the prefecture (45 in the previous year). Of these, six cases (compared to nine cases last year) were confirmed as cases where the victim had suffered or was suspected of having been abused.

With regard to why the report came in so late, the director and others apparently said they had been busy dealing with a cluster of COVID-19 infections and moving into a new place, while one worker stated, “I didn’t have the courage to speak out about it.”

According to the announcement, on the morning of September 11th last year, a staff member dipped a spoon in boiling water and applied it to about 10 areas of the resident, including his back and legs, causing burns. He said he was angry that he was covered in urine from a resident who had tried to go to the bathroom the night before and didn’t make it in time. The resident has already made a full recovery. The prefecture will conduct an on-site inspection of the facility in accordance with the Act on Prevention of Abuse of Persons with Disabilities in the new year.

A 27-year-old employee of a support facility for people with disabilities in Miyazaki City was arrested on the night of December 22nd on suspicion of assault after allegedly punching a resident in his 50s this month.

Miyazaki City has revealed that this employee has been confirmed to have committed abusive behavior towards a total of five residents, and has decided to issue administrative guidance to the facility in the future.

The suspect is alleged to have assaulted a woman near the entrance of the facility at around 9am on 12th December, grabbing her hands, dragging her inside the facility and knocking her to the floor.