The role of and measures to support family care in pluralistic social welfare toward an integrated community-based care system

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25380788
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Social welfare and social work studies
• Research Institution: Japan College of Social Work
• Principal Investigator: KIKUCHI Izumi 日本社会事業大学, 社会福祉学部, 教授 (00533217)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 家族介護支援 / 地域包括ケアシステム / 地域包括支援センター / 日常生活圏域 / 東京都区市町村 / 地域支援事業 / 介護サービスの多元化 / インフォーマルケア

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study investigates the role of family caregivers, who are mainly informal carers, and measures to support them. For this purpose, two questionnaire surveys were conducted, out of which one was conducted at all the municipalities in Tokyo, and the other was for the elderly who needed care or support and their family caregivers in K-shi, a municipality in Tokyo. From the results of these surveys, we found that it is necessary to implement projects that support family caregivers directly and to consider measures to support them according to the differences in spheres of their daily lives.
Further, henceforth, from the viewpoint of integrating family caregivers to a community-based care system, learning from advanced countries is important.

Free Research Field

高齢者福祉政策