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哲学和理论的变化，该机构的生活单位的目标是从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小的实际情况，并厘清保育员工作环境的问题，主要发现如下：1）寄养机构的规划型态有其生活单位与行政单位的组成特点，并与寄养机构的历史发展有关。2)护理工作者之间的合作的实际状态，重点是生活单位的独立性和工人的满意度之间的相关性进行了揭示。3)护理工作者对缩小的居住单元制度进行评估，不仅是为了儿童的利益，也是为了工作者的利益。

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.