Long-term Care Insurance Act and Home Care.
Long-term Care Insurance Act and Home Care.
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长期护理保险法和家庭护理。
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2015
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S. Nagasawa
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作者:
S. Nagasawa
In 2006, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare implemented healthcare system reforms, steering healthcare in Japan away from medical institution-centered healthcare to “community-centered healthcare.” The aim of this move is to build and strengthen cooperation within each community regarding healthcare and long-term nursing care. Behind this is recognition of the current situation whereby it is difficult for medicine alone to resolve problems stemming from regressive changes due to aging that are difficult to resolve solely through medical care. That the healthcare model has changed from a medical model to a lifestyle model1 can be said to be a natural progression as the individuality-seeking generation enters old age. Furthermore, a society conscious of “living true to oneself,” which is represented by the postwar baby-boomer generation, holds high expectations for home care, including care giving.
The author is an 11th-generation physician in private practice in Ichinoseki City, Iwate Prefecture. I grew up watching my grandfather and mother making house calls by carriage and bicycle. For me, visiting patients’ homes was an integral part of healthcare, and I recall that this is the lifestyle that physicians lead decades ago. Today I am the head of a small clinic (with beds), and for 10 or so years—since the time I was teaching at a university—I have been providing visiting care. Each year I visit between 80 and 100 patients receiving medical care at home, and it is recognized that the ratio of patients receiving home care is increasing year-on-year. In March 2013 I formed a team with 5 other physicians, members of our local medical association, to create an enhanced home care support clinic. This team comprises physicians specializing in urinology, dermatology, and various fields of internal medicine as well as a physician from an emergency hospital. While utilizing their individual specialist skills, these physicians coordinate with nearby medical institutions to provide home care.