Elderly care and Community-based Integrated Care in Japan

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25590110
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Sociology
• Research Institution: Shinshu University
• Principal Investigator: INOUE Nobuhiro 信州大学, 学術研究院社会科学系, 教授 (40303440)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 地域包括ケア / 生活支援 / 地域づくり / 高齢者介護 / 生活保障システム

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to clarify “a method for construction of the Community-based integrated care system”.
Amid rapid aging of the population the long-term care insurance system was established to promote in-home nursing care in April 2000. Yet, it continues to be difficult for senior couples and older adults living alone to sustain their living at home only by relying on it.This is because “the distribution of care” has not been considered as a problem that should be solved by society although livelihood tasks among older adults necessitate care from others.
I argue, therefore, that it is imperative that the community-based integrated care system must undertake the task of distribution of care that has long been neglected.

Free Research Field

社会政策