After COVID-19 and the resulting pandemic exposed shortcomings in the global senior care system, a lot of questions have been raised about ways that the system itself can be improved. No one wants to ever see elderly folk suffer for a lack … [Read more...]
Care’s Expansion in Japan–and the Growing Need in the U.S.
It is estimated that Japan will face a shortage of one million senior care employees by the year 2025. This is a huge deficit in one of the world’s major economies, but it makes sense that this is happening. Japan has a very different … [Read more...]
What Japan is Doing Right
All across the U.S., senior care homes have been hit hard by the novel coronavirus. We have seen a disturbingly large number of people pass away from this disease, and unfortunately, a lot of the signs point to the fact that many of these … [Read more...]
Why Senior Care in Japan Matters
Japan places a very high value on family when it comes to senior care. Younger family members are often given the task of caring for older family members. Although medical care is present, it is not as highly utilized as it is in the U.S. … [Read more...]
Making Life Easier with Technology
When we think of technology, we think of digital devices, like laptops, iPads, and smartphones. But really, technology is any man-made item that is designed to make a task easier. With that in mind, there are many types of technology that … [Read more...]
Looking to Japan for Care Answers
As regular readers of this blog know, one of the things that I like to do occasionally is to look at senior care practices in other countries, and think about how the things that they are doing might be helpful for us to consider. Today, I … [Read more...]
Lessons We Can Learn From Japan’s Senior Care Trends
As you might know, I like to take a look at what other countries and cultures do as far as senior care goes from time to time. While here in the United States we do a great job when it comes to taking care of our elderly loved ones, it … [Read more...]
Technology Makes Better Care
It is estimated that in the year 2050--just 35 years from now--more than 20 percent of the world’s population will be age 65 or older. In Japan, this problem will be especially profound as the elderly population already accounts for 25 … [Read more...]