Care – Page 27 – Barrier Free Japan

by Michael Gillan Peckitt October 8, 2020 0

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.”

by Michael Gillan Peckitt October 3, 2020 0

Care Disability Japan

“Are people in weak positions not permitted to even make themselves heard in society?” Four disabled people in Japan have care services ended after families call for improved service

A social welfare corporation in this eastern Japan city that manages day care centers for people with disabilities and other institutions is reported to have canceled care for four residents whose families sought an improvement in services, the Mainichi Shimbun has learned from the city government and other connected persons.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt September 26, 2020 0

Abuse Care Disability Hyogo Japan Kobe

Male employee at Hyogo care facility assaulted ten residents, further investigations to be made

Examining the images left on the camera for about a month, we found that nine other residents in their 20s and 50s were repeatedly abused by holding their mouths, hitting their limbs and back, and kicking them.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt September 25, 2020 0

Abuse Care Disability Hyogo Japan

Employee at Hyogo facility for disabled people dismissed for assaulting multiple residents

A male employee in his thirties working at a support facility for persons with disabilities in Nishinomiya City has been disciplined and dismissed for repeated abuses such as hitting multiple residents and holding their face against the floor.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt September 15, 2020 0

Abuse Care Disability Japan

CEO of Saitama care facility for the disabled re-arrested on suspicion of assault

A 54-year-old CEO of a facility for people with disabilities has been arrested and charged with hitting a woman who had been admitted to a facility for the disabled in Kuki City, Saitama Prefecture. This was the second time the CEO was arrested after having been once arrested for sexually assaulting the woman at her home in Satte City, Saitama Prefecture in July. The CEO denies some of the accusations.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt September 10, 2020 0

Care Coronavirus COVID-19 Disability Japan

Sixty-six new COVID-19 infections confirmed at Yokohama facility for the disabled

Yokohama City announced on September 10th that 66 men and women between the ages of 10 and 90 have been newly confirmed as infected with the new coronavirus. Three users and five staff members are newly infected at a facility for the disabled operated by the social welfare corporation “Shirane Gakuen” where a cluster has occurred.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt September 8, 2020 0

Care Coronavirus COVID-19 Disability Japan

Relatives of people with disabilities in Japan feel the pain of visiting restrictions during pandemic

In residential facilities for children with severe disabilities who have both intellectual disabilities and physical disabilities, on high alert to the possibility of new coronavirus infections, access problems continue.
Some parents have been unable to see their children for nearly half a year.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt September 7, 2020 0

Abuse Care Disability Japan

Director and instructor at Kobe day care centre arrested for assaulting junior high school student with a disability

Kita Ward in Kobe City said that a disabled junior high school student (14) was being abused at a day-service facility in from May to June.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt September 6, 2020 1

Care Coronavirus COVID-19 Disability Japan

Yokohama facility for people with intellectual disabilities with 40 COVID-19 cases suspends day care service

According to the municipal government , the outbreak was revealed in the Hikarinooka “Firefly” facility in Asahi Ward, Yokohama, which is a facility for people with intellectual disabilities. The social welfare corporation that manages the facility decides to suspend the use of day-care facilities for the time being.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt September 3, 2020 0

Care Children Disability Independent Living Japan

In Japan with an aging population “after-parent support notes” to help children with disabilities

After the death of a parent , there is a growing movement to create “support notes” that pre-write the medical care that children with severe disabilities should receive and the life they want to spend. Not only as a means of communicating with the people around the child, but also said that “I was able to sort out the necessary information and a little less anxiety.”