Research on the nursing environment of child foster care institutions with living unit care system

在日本，随着儿童寄养机构中照顾儿童的理念和理论的变化，机构的生活单元的目标是从2000年左右开始缩小。本研究旨在探讨儿童寄养机构生活单位缩减的实际情况，并厘清保育人员的工作环境问题。主要发现如下：1)事业单位规划类型以生活单元和行政单元构成为特征，并与事业单位的历史发展有关。2)揭示了护理人员之间的实际合作状态，重点是生活单元独立性与护理人员满意度的相关关系。3)护理员对缩小的生活单元系统进行评估，不仅要考虑儿童的利益，还要考虑护理员的利益。

In Japan, as the philosophy and the theory of care for the children in child foster care institutions change, the living unit of the institution aims to downsize from around 2000. The purpose of this study is to examine the actual condition of the downsizing the living unit in child foster care institutions, and to clarify issues of the working environment for care workers.The main findings are as follows: 1) The types of the institution's plan are characterized by its composition of living unit and administrative unit, and it is also related to the institution's historical development. 2) The actual state of cooperation among the care workers, focusing on the correlation between the independence of the living unit and the worker satisfaction level was revealed. 3) The care workers evaluate the downsized living unit system not only for the interests of children but also those of the workers.