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Comparative study on the privatization of the Finnish eldercare system

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19KK0299
Research Category

Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (Fostering Joint International Research (A))

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Basic Section 04030:Cultural anthropology and folklore-related
Research InstitutionChiba University

Principal Investigator

Takahashi Erika  千葉大学, 大学院人文科学研究院, 教授 (90706912)

Project Period (FY) 2020 – 2023
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥13,910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥10,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,210,000)
Keywords高齢者ケア / 民営化 / 私事化 / フィンランド / 文化人類学
Outline of Research at the Start

本国際共同研究計画は、申請者がフィンランド西南地方の村落部において遂行している実地調査の成果について、ヘルシンキ大のヴレーデ教授の研究グループが首都圏で進める調査の成果と比較、検討する過程を中心とする。移民ケアワーカーが浸透する都市部の民営化されたケアサービスと、過疎化の進む島嶼部の状況はどのように連動しているのだろうか。従来は村落部のような伝統的家族関係の島嶼部において進む親族介護者支援の試みは、都市部においては移民家族に対しても提供されているのだろうか。こうした問いに取り組むことで、私事化/民営化の進む福祉国家の様相を明らかにしていく。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study depicts the junction between the practice of for-profit companies and informal care practice by family/relatives by conducting a comparative study of the ongoing privatization of the eldercare system in Finland across regions. The results of the applicant's own anthropological research in a small municipality in Southwest Finland were compared with the research conducted by the Center Of Excellence research project (AgeCare) by Finnish universities. Cross-sectional analysis of different geographical, demographic, and linguistic conditions revealed that while the frequent movement of people between cities/villages maintains linkages between regions, there are considerable regional gaps in the supply/support for privatized care among rural areas.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

日本における北欧型福祉国家についての実証的な研究は、これまで北欧の社会福祉行政の
仕組みやサービス内容を日本に紹介するというかたちをとってきた。これらは主に現地研究者による先行研究の咀嚼と分析が中心としている。。それに対し、これまで申請者が行ってきた地方の小規模自治体での調査に基づいた研究は、20年近くにわたる長期の参与観察から得たデータであり、現地研究者でもここまでの定点長期調査の例は少ない。また、現地研究者による社会福祉制度や介護サービスについての質的調査に村落部での研究は少なく、申請者の研究は現地研究者に対しても有用な調査資料を提供することができた。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (24 results)

All 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020

All Int'l Joint Research (1 results) Journal Article (2 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Peer Reviewed: 1 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (15 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 12 results,  Invited: 1 results) Book (6 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] ヘルシンキ大学(フィンランド)2020

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Developing a model to explain users' ethical perceptions regarding the use of care robots in home care: A cross-sectional study in Ireland, Finland, and Japan2024

    • Author(s)
      Hiroo Ide, Sayuri Suwa, Yumi Akuta, Naonori Kodate, Mayuko Tsujimura, Mina Ishimaru, Atsuko Shimamura, Helli Kitinoja, Sarah Donnelly, Jaakko Hallila, Marika Toivonen, , Camilla Bergman-Karpijoki, Erika Takahashi, Wenwei Yu
    • Journal Title

      Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

      Volume: 116 Pages: 105137-105137

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.archger.2023.105137

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] ひとり生きるために:ケアされる自由のエスノグラフィ2021

    • Author(s)
      髙橋絵里香
    • Journal Title

      臨床心理学

      Volume: 13 Pages: 92-96

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] The Protective Wall for/against the Old Age:Deconstructing ageism in post-pandemic Japan2024

    • Author(s)
      Erika Takahashi
    • Organizer
      The Association for Anthropology and Gerontology, and the Life Course (AAGE) in Santa Fe, NM; United States.
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] More than Home: The collective practice around Finnish summer cottages as a critical element in kinning/de-kinning.2024

    • Author(s)
      Erika Takahashi, Outi Jolanki
    • Organizer
      European Association of Social Anthropologists' (EASA) Age and Generations Network (AGENET) conference. at Ca Foscari University, Venice, Italy.
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Summer cottages as a nexus of multigenerational social relations.2023

    • Author(s)
      Erika Takahashi, Outi Jolanki
    • Organizer
      Centre of Excellence in Research on Ageing and Care, Summer School
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] パンデミックの天候‐世界:コロナ禍のフィンランドにおける大気=雰囲気の醸成と森への退却2023

    • Author(s)
      高橋絵里香
    • Organizer
      「感染症の人間学:COVID‐19が照らし出す人間と世界の過去・現在・未来」(科研学術変革領域B)ウェビナー
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 即興と逸脱:フィンランドの訪問介護サービスにおけるマネジリアリズムの社会技術的編成2023

    • Author(s)
      高橋絵里香
    • Organizer
      日本文化人類学会第57回研究大会
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] The Outskirts of Families: The relative care supports and the individualization of kinship in Finland.2023

    • Author(s)
      Erika Takahashi
    • Organizer
      国立民族学博物館特別研究プロジェクト: Family Potential in Uncertain Times: Mobility, technology, and body)
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Navigating the Edge of the Welfare State: The private road ferries and the political campaign for their nationalisation in Finland2023

    • Author(s)
      Erika Takahashi
    • Organizer
      Finnish Anthropological Congress 2023
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The Unoptimized Care at Home: The socio-technical articulation of managerialism in a rural/suburban eldercare sector.2022

    • Author(s)
      Erika Takahashi
    • Organizer
      CoE AgeCare Mid-Term Congress ‘Longer lives, better care?’
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The Nationalisation of the “Sea Way”: A political campaign by private road associations in Finland.2022

    • Author(s)
      Erika Takahashi
    • Organizer
      European Association for Social Anthropologists 2022
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 海上の私道:フィンランドのフェリー公営化運動にみる「行政」の外縁2022

    • Author(s)
      高橋絵里香
    • Organizer
      日本文化人類学会第56回研究大会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Amalgamation of public/private spheres in eldercare2022

    • Author(s)
      Erika Takahashi
    • Organizer
      Centre of Excellence in Research on Ageing and Care, Winter School
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Sentinels of Lands and Sea : Impacts of the environmental changes on the daily lives of older adults in Finland.2021

    • Author(s)
      Erika Takahashi. Shahnaj Begum
    • Organizer
      IUAES (International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences) Inter-congress 2021.
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Staying Home until the End: Rural carescapes in the time of neoliberal shift of Finnish welfare state2021

    • Author(s)
      Erika Takahashi and Helena Ruotsala
    • Organizer
      SIEF (The International Society for Ethnology and Folklore) 2021, 15th Congress.
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Imagining/dis-imagining the future of my home Uncertainty in Finnish older adults’ ‘housing trajectories’2021

    • Author(s)
      Erika Takahashi
    • Organizer
      IUAES (International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences) 2020 Congress
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The Meaning of ‘Emergency’: Communication via ‘safety phone’ under the neoliberal reform in Finland.2020

    • Author(s)
      Erika Takahashi
    • Organizer
      16th EASA (European Association of Social Anthropologists) Biennial Conference
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Book] “Karar / Muudahalenin Sosyal Bicimleri: Finlandiya’da Demansli Yaslilar icin Toplum Refahinin Duuzenlemelerinden Duussuuznceler.” (決定/介入の社会形態 フィンランドの認知症高齢 者をめぐる地域福祉の配置から考える), Ikuko Murakami (trans.) in Yerinde Yaslanma (地域で老い る), Ikuko Murakami (ed.)2024

    • Author(s)
      Erika Takahashi,
    • Total Pages
      29
    • Publisher
      NERKA GRUP
    • ISBN
      9786259948072
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 「《第三講演》独居支援からみる北欧型福祉国家フィンランド」『生命科学と社会問題の多面的議論―― 生命社会学シンポジウム記録集』生命・情報・社会学講座(編2023

    • Author(s)
      高橋絵里香
    • Total Pages
      15
    • Publisher
      学習院大学
    • ISBN
      9784902913095
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 「北欧」『世界の冠婚葬祭事典』川田牧人・松田素二(編)2023

    • Author(s)
      高橋絵里香
    • Total Pages
      4
    • Publisher
      丸善出版
    • ISBN
      9784621308417
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] “Publicly Privatised: Relative care support and the neoliberal reform in Finland.” in Managing Chronicity in Unequal States: Ethnographic perspectives on caring. Laura Montesi, Melania Calestani (eds.)2021

    • Author(s)
      Erika Takahashi
    • Total Pages
      20
    • Publisher
      USL Press
    • ISBN
      9781800080287
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Book] 「言葉にならない気持ちをフィールドワークする」『「心」のお仕事 : 今日も誰かのそばに立つ24人の物語』2021

    • Author(s)
      高橋絵里香
    • Total Pages
      11
    • Publisher
      河出書房新社
    • ISBN
      9784309617367
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Book] 「個人的な住宅――ハウジングにみるフィンランドの世代間関係」『家族のなかの世代間関係』(小池 誠・施利平 編)2021

    • Author(s)
      高橋絵里香
    • Total Pages
      23
    • Publisher
      日本経済評論社
    • ISBN
      9784818825789
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report

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