Posts

Combating COVID-19 in a nursing facilities

Image
Preventing COVID-19 in the Elderly Home facilities      The emerging of this new pandemic that spread so fast in the whole world, brought a big nightmare to the nation at large and also to the whole community. In early January 2020, the news spreads about the spread of unknown diseases which was said to originate from Wuhan, China according to the WHO- World Health Organization. The main cause of the disease was not yet known and has no scientific evidence of where it came from.       As the disease spreads so fast across the globe, WHO advised the nations to be aware of the danger of this COVID-19 disease, they immediately provide the Guidelines for Prevention and Preparation and all necessary information regarding the disease. In the middle of February 2020, the numbers of infected people around the world reach by hundreds of thousands, and the fatalities grew each day until now.      At the time of this writing; the latest ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Laws and Policies on Elderly Care System.

Image
As we all know Japan's elderly population grows bigger and the need to sustain it grow beyond. The Welfare and Health Care Law has been revised and reviewed many times since 1996. Understanding this is a great tool for caregivers who wish to work in a a Healthcare environment as well as to those who were already engaged in this kind of profession. Here is a helpful link to Japan's Policy * (  http://www.kaigo.gr.jp/JLCIhp.htm ) Japan's Long-Term Care Insurance Programs   In Japan where the aging of the population has been advancing at a rate which is unprecedented in world history 、  the issue of long-term care for the elderly is one of the most important issues facing citizens, along with the issues of medical care and pensions. The spouses or children of elderly people have traditionally provided long-term care. However, the conventional approach to long-term care, namely care given by family members, cannot cope with 'the dramatic changes in the social stru...
Post a Comment
Read more