Constructing collaborative- culture and cross-cultural care among foreign healthcare workers and Japanese staff in Japan.

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15H06734
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Gerontological nursing
• Research Institution: Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts
• Principal Investigator: Hatanaka Kaori 同志社女子大学, 看護学部, 助教 (40756227)
• Research Collaborator: YAMAMOTO EMIKO 宮崎大学, 講師 (50464128) ; TANAKA TOMOKO 岡山大学, 社会文化科学研究科, 教授 (40227153)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-08-28 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 外国人ケア労働者 / 日本人ケアスタッフ / 協働文化 / 異文化間ケア

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Semi-structured interviews were conducted with foreign healthcare workers and Japanese healthcare staff to investigate the factors necessary for the construction of "collaborative-culture" wherein the foreigners and Japanese cooperate at care facilities.
The collected data were analyzed using a text mining approach, and categories were extracted. As a result, it was found that foreigners wished to collaborate with Japanese, such as by [complying with Japanese rules] and refraining from using [native language in the workplace]. The Japanese [recognized cultural differences] and adjusted [their work environment to accept foreigners]. While learning to provide care in the Japanese healthcare system, foreigners tend to assimilate care practices of their home countries in treating Japanese elderly, including practices such as [elderly being treated as family members], and [caring for elderly with dementia].

Free Research Field

高齢看護学