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NURSING

EDITORIALS
Nov 18, 2014
Shortage of nursing care workers
With the nation's population rapidly graying, the government must take steps to boost the number of nursing care workers.
EDITORIALS
Nov 12, 2014
Improving dementia care
The government must make greater efforts to to enable people with dementia to live as normally as possible for as long as possible.
EDITORIALS
Sep 28, 2014
Nursing care worker shortage
Japan's population is graying rapidly even as a large number of nursing care workers quit their jobs every year, leaving nursing care facilities in dire need of staffing.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 19, 2014
Kewpie adapts its menu to feed a graying nation
Back in 1960, Kewpie Corp. began selling canned baby food, sensing a chance to catch a wave of young families raising kids in an economy roaring back to growth after the devastation of World War II.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Aug 8, 2014
Center in Tokai helps foreigners
A new group has been established in the Tokai region to help foreign residents get educational, medical and welfare services in Japan.
EDITORIALS
Jul 14, 2014
Rising costs of nursing care
Changes to the nursing care insurance system make the delivery of some services for people with less severe medical conditions the responsibility of municipalities, while raising the out-of-pocket share that some care recipients must pay.
EDITORIALS
May 8, 2014
Social welfare is not for profit
A deregulation panel for the Abe administration has called on the health ministry to let private businesses run nursing care homes even though the operation of these homes is not supposed to be for profit.
EDITORIALS
Apr 21, 2014
A need for special nursing homes
The number of elderly people suffering from senile dementia and other conditions that require critical nursing care is rising, yet Japan faces a serious shortage of facilities that can provide such care.
JAPAN
Feb 5, 2014
Chronic fatigue plagues nursing staff nationwide
Over 70 percent of nursing staff suffer from chronic fatigue, and 75.2 percent thought about quitting their job, according to a nationwide survey of workers in the nursing field.
EDITORIALS
Dec 14, 2013
Nursing services under the knife
The health and welfare ministry plans to end some services under the nursing care insurance system for people whose conditions are not so severe, and have municipalities take them over.
EDITORIALS
Oct 18, 2013
Lax fire regulations cost lives
The Oct. 11 fire that killed 10 people at a Fukuoka orthopedic clinic is a warning to the central and local governments of the consequences of letting fire-prevention equipment go unchecked.
EDITORIALS
Oct 16, 2013
Raising fees for nursing care services
The government plans to raise the out-of-pocket share paid by 'high-income' earners for services received under the elderly nursing care insurance system from 10 to 20 percent.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Sep 24, 2013
'Grandma export' exposes Germany's struggle with care
Sonja Miskulin has forgotten her beloved cat, Pooki. She can't remember whether she has grandchildren and has no memory of her nine-hour journey one recent Sunday to forever leave behind her home in Germany.

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