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NURSING

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Apr 9, 2019
As 'Brexodus' gap leaves U.K. short of nurses, Filipino candidates struggle with IELTS English test
Bracing for life after Brexit, U.K. hospitals badly need more nurses like Filipino Jobie Escalona. But she twice flunked the English language test that is required to get there, in which she was asked to write about topics such as the merits of immigration and computer education in school.
JAPAN
Jan 23, 2019
Nursing skill tests for new visa expected to start in Vietnam and Philippines
The government is considering holding the first skills tests for foreign nationals hoping to work in the Japan's nursing sector under new visa categories in Vietnam and the Philippines, sources with knowledge of the matter said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jun 17, 2017
Living through the golden years has lost its sheen
A man in his 80s suffering mild dementia (the story is courtesy of Shukan Gendai magazine) is cared for by his wife, also in her 80s. She's exhausted. Caregiving drains the prime of life, let alone the end of it.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Jan 23, 2017
Aichi nursing school teaches students how to feign senility to improve care for dementia patients
The School of Nursing and Health at Aichi Prefectural University has developed a course that trains students how to act like people with dementia.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 5, 2015
Born in captivity, beluga whale calf said fighting for its life in Georgia aquarium
A beluga whale calf born at the Georgia Aquarium last month has stopped nursing, is not gaining weight and appears to be fighting for her life, with officials this week calling her condition "extremely guarded."

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