Prospective nursing care workers and specialist care managers has been dwindling in number, even as the country continues to gray and the need for their services grows.
The decline is primarily attributed to the longer time it now takes to train as a care worker or care manager, but industry observers said that a combination of demanding responsibilities and relatively low pay are to blame.
Kiyomi Takano, 45, quit her job after working as a home-based care manager for five years, saying the job had kept her extremely busy.