The benefits of children, parents' job security and child raising by merging the respite care of disabled children into sick child care

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25463472
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Lifelong developmental nursing
• Research Institution: Hiroshima University
• Principal Investigator: Sobue Ikuko 広島大学, 医歯薬保健学研究院, 教授 (80171396)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): EDAGAWA Chizuko 愛媛県立医療技術大学, 保健科学部, 准教授 (00363200) ; FUNAKOSHI Kazuyo 香川県立保健医療大学, 保健医療学部, 教授 (40321252)
• Research Collaborator: WADA Sumiko ; YOSHITSUGU Mayu ; FUKUMOTO Kyoko ; SAKAI Rikako ; YAMASHITA Haruho ; NAKAMURA Hitomi
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 病児保育 / 子育て支援 / 就労支援 / 減免制度 / 障碍児 / レスパイトケア

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Sick child care plays an important role not only in supporting working parents, but also in supporting their children's health and development, and helping mothers with child raising. The systems for reducing care fees facilitated child raising and work support for low-income individuals (single parents and non-regular employees), as well as rest and health recovery for their children. The systems were a highly beneficial social safety net that reduces their financial burden, and ensures their continued employment. Some sick child care center conducted the respite care of the disabled child who needed medical care. However, the day care center for the disabled person/child hardly conducted the respite care.
The sick child care was more beneficial to the children and their families living in the difficult situation. Local administrative organizations need to improve the systems for reducing the care fees, and to support the respite care for disabled child in the sick child care center.

Free Research Field

小児看護学