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NURSING 3

Japan Times
JAPAN
May 10, 2018
Japan's first foreign nursing care trainees to arrive in June
Japan will receive its first two foreign trainees in the field of nursing care as early as next month after a supervising body approved training plans for them, the group accepting the two Chinese women said Wednesday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 22, 2018
Former worker sentenced to death for killing three at Kawasaki nursing home
Yokohama District Court found the defendant guilty of murdering residents at the care home by throwing them off balconies at the facility in Kanagawa Prefecture.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 10, 2018
Nursing care abuse targeting seniors climbs 11% to new record
A record of 452 cases of nursing home abuse involving the elderly were reported in fiscal 2016, rising 10.8 percent from the previous year and completing a decade-long climb, according to a welfare ministry survey.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 18, 2018
84-year-old woman swindled out of ¥70 million in nursing home scam
An 84-year-old woman in Tokyo has been swindled out of around ¥70 million ($632,000) after she was told to send money to avoid problems related to a nursing home establishment, police said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Dec 29, 2017
Abusers caught targeting disabled fell slightly in 2016 as mistreatment cases soared at care facilities
About 2,520 people were cited for abusing disabled people in fiscal 2016, but mistreatment at care facilities soared to a record of 401 cases, the government says.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 31, 2017
Food makers providing easier-to-eat fare for Japan's growing ranks of elderly
Easy to eat foods for people needing nursing care are improving in quality and availability as makers look to tap a growing market in rapidly graying Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 3, 2017
Sapporo care home provider for elderly broadens deaf residents' horizons
The first housing facility of its kind specifically geared to providing care for elderly deaf people is being well received, putting into stark relief the shortage of similar options for seniors elsewhere in Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 30, 2017
Nursing care attracts fewer candidates despite growing need in graying Japan
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.
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 / Science & Health
May 18, 2017
Japan's nursing facilities using humanoid robots, IT to improve lives, safety of elderly
Humanoid robots and advances in information technology are increasingly being used by nursing homes in a bid to give elderly people a better quality of life.
JAPAN / Society
Mar 28, 2017
366,000 seniors waiting for nursing homes, down 30% from 2013 amid tougher new rules
Around 366,000 elderly people are still waiting to be admitted to special nursing homes across Japan, down 30 percent from the previous tally in 2013, the welfare ministry's latest survey showed Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 28, 2017
Support networks emerging to help elderly Japanese living out their lives in Chiang Mai
When a Japanese retiree who had settled in the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai died in June, his body lay undiscovered for a week at his home, where he had lived alone.
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.
BUSINESS
Jan 11, 2017
Nursing care business failures hit record high in 2016
Bankruptcies in the nation's nursing care industry in 2016 hit a record high for the second consecutive year amid a cut in government-set service payments and increasing competition.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 6, 2017
Osaka nursing home manager, nurse face charges over fatal respirator shutoff
A nurse and the head of a nursing home in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, were referred to prosecutors Thursday on suspicion of professional negligence in connection with the death of a 68-year-old female resident whose artificial respirator was left turned off.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 23, 2016
Municipalities incentivizing nursing care facilities to boost self-reliance of residents
In a bid to lower insurance costs while improving the quality of life for elderly patients, some municipal authorities have introduced incentive programs that reward greater independence for residents of nursing care homes.
JAPAN
Nov 18, 2016
Japan enacts law to prevent abuse of foreign trainees
The government moves to improve supervision of firms that accept workers from abroad amid widespread abuse.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Oct 21, 2016
Lower House committee passes bill to shake up Japan's foreign trainee program
The bill is intended to shake up a state-sponsored foreign traineeship program slammed by critics as akin to modern slavery.
JAPAN / Society
Oct 4, 2016
Burden of 'double care' of young and old growing, survey shows
The burden of raising children and caring for sick or elderly family members at the same time, known as 'double care,' is a matter of concern to a large portion of the population.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / HOME TRUTHS
Sep 3, 2016
For elderly residents, city life doesn't get old
The government in Japan is facing an immediate demographic crisis with regards to seniors, whose numbers relative to the general population are increasing rapidly. One of the main problems is where they are going to live out their lives.

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