Patients suffering from dementia may receive added support in the future, as the government said Wednesday it hopes to train 10,000 doctors and 12 million people nationwide on dementia care by fiscal 2020. The numerical targets were among new fiscal 2020 interim goals in the ...
Japan's rapidly aging society is spurring technological innovation, including the use of a tracking system designed to help families and nursing facilities locate people suffering from dementia when they lose their way or go missing. As the country with the most aged population, Japan is ...
The government shouldn't use the trouble-plagued foreign trainee program to fill manpower shortages in the nursing care sector.
Financial misconduct by lawyers and others serving as guardians for incapacitated adults risks ruining public trust in the adult guardianship system.
At first glance, it's hard to tell what's wrong with Keiko Sawada. As casual exchanges continue, however, it becomes increasingly clear the former bar hostess has serious memory problems.
There is a sobering disconnect between what America's presidential candidates are advocating and the large problems the country actually faces.
The number of nursing care workers is set to fall short of demand by 380,000 within a decade unless the government takes steps to make the industry more attractive.
In the near future, advanced medical technology will greatly extend the lives of those who can afford to pay for it. But is it worth it?
A new labor and welfare ministry report highlights the possible need to extend the period during which workers pay premiums into national pension plans so that the benefits paid out to retirees can help sustain retirees' livelihoods at the levels promised.
Nearly half of Japan's municipalities are likely to see their populations young women shrink by more than half by 2040 compared with 2010 if the flight to major cities continues apace, a study by the Japan Policy Council said Thursday. The demographic prediction was made ...
The government plans to raise the out-of-pocket share paid by "high-income" earners for services received under the elderly nursing care insurance system from 10 to 20 percent.
Hospitals and clinics across Japan earned a record high ¥38.4 trillion in fiscal 2012, topping an average of ¥300,000 per person for the first time, preliminary estimates by the health ministry show. This was 1.7 percent, or ¥600 billion, more than the previous year and ...
