Saitama nursing home residents stranded by flood after Typhoon Hagibis
“Authorities say about 260 people are stranded in a nursing home in Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo, due to a flood.”
Category: Nursing Care
A woman dies while taking a bath at an Edogawa support facility for the disabled
“A woman in her 30s was found floating on a bath tub while bathing at around 5 pm on the 11th May according to Edogawa Ward officials. The woman was taken to the hospital but was confirmed dead.”
Survey finds that half of Japan’s home care workers experienced harassment in 2018
“In the first extensive survey conducted by the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry on people working in the nursing care industry, 81 percent of those reporting harassment said they had been psychologically abused at least once in 2018.”
Hospital head approved surgeon’s proposal to stop dialysis for kidney disease patients
“The woman signed a letter of intent to discontinue dialysis. The woman subsequently suggested her will to resume dialysis saying, “I’m wondering whether to retract the letter,” but she died.
“We offered various options to her and she made her own decision. We confirmed her will on multiple occasions, so what we did is an appropriate medical practice…””
20 nonterminally ill patients died after Fussa hospital didn’t carry out dialysis treatment
“The revelations follow the disclosure of the death of a 44-year-old woman suffering from a kidney ailment after a doctor at the hospital offered the option of discontinuing dialysis and she complied.”
Japan to ease language requirements for foreign nursing care trainees
“The Japanese government plans to ease language requirements for foreign technical interns to work in the nursing care business as part of efforts to bring in more laborers from abroad…”
First nursing care trainees from Myanmar arrive to begin work in Hokkaido
““I wanted to be a caregiver and help the elderly because I didn’t get the chance to look after my father (who died),”
Limits set for house calls by foreign nursing care workers in Japan
“Under the revised Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Law (see below) set to take effect in April next year, foreign workers in the nursing care business will be in supplementary roles such as helping the elderly with eating and bathing at relevant facilities, and basically will not provide home-visit care services.”
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