Creation of the Biophilia Rehabilitation Academy

– Changed from The 21st Century Rehabilitation Research Society

Abstract

We implemented research of “surveillance study for independence and Improvement in ADL of the fracture of the femur patient by a welfare device” by the Association for Technical Aids in 2000” and “Research investigation about the upper-limbs training combined with lift device development for Motivative exercise, Small and Medium Enterprise Corporation, 2001”. Through those study by the national grants, the 21st Century Rehabilitation Research Society was born again as the Biophilia Rehabilitation Academy (hereafter BRA). We explore the mechanism, spread the new rehabilitation method, and enable them to do by anyone who learned it.

The purpose of the BRA is;

i) to study a new rehabilitation method in order to live for the disabled elderly independently and the physical ability improved by overcoming impairment,

ii) to explore the mechanism, to spread the new rehabilitation method, and to enable them to do by anyone who learned it, and

iii) to study the influence on the social economy by independence acquirement for them. The source of biophilia which we used is preface of the Revolution of Hope which U.S. philosopher Erich Fromm wrote.

The preface of a source is shown below;

Appealing to the love for life (biophilia) that still exists in many of us.

Only through full awareness of the danger to life can this potential be mobilized for action capable of bringing about drastic changes in our way of organizing society.

Not that the author optimistic about the chances of success; but he believes that one cannot think in terms of percentages or probabilities as long as there is a real possibility even a slight one that life will prevail.

The predecessor of BRA, the 21st Century Rehabilitation Research Society studied to confirm the fact as a medical fact that the 30% of bedridden elderly became a walk possible, as a result of performing Takizawa Method rehabilitation. Japanese have been promoted and allowed to live on the others' care and to be admitted to a hospital if one needed care due to a cerebrovascular disorder, fracture and/or else by their kindness. The Japanese pension system of the current disbursement approach seems to be a pyramid investment organization. If the newer members increase in number, the earlier members gain more money.

The Baby boomers increased in the population of workers’ number and was a kind of the newer members for paying.

If the public pension maintains the present system, it would be bankrupted by increasing old baby boomers who receive money in number and descendants as newer members decrease in number by the lower birthrate. The increase in care related people and in the medical expenses by aging (social security expenditure 2025 prediction 207 trillion yen/216 trillion-yen gross pay in whole Japan) would hit baby boomers directly, and it becomes impossible and to live peacefully in Japanese tenderness like the former lifestyle.

Therefore, we consider that "the heart and will which he continues hope to live as human just when it becomes a disabled person" are important. The author titled our study group "biophilia" which represented it and got all the members’ approval.

We introduced the studies of the Biophilia Rehabilitation Academy, which was evolved from this way in 2002.