Abstract
We first check the nation wide progress of THE NEW GOLD PLAN in reality, and attract reader's attention to the delay of“home care support center”,“elderly sanatorium”, and“service house”supply. Second, we point out that almost half of all the municipalities in Japan regard the completion of the above plan impossible due to the lack of personpower, financing and programming inabilities, based on a survey research. The delay of dimentia policies in general and regional differences in service supply are also the facts, according to the survey.
According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare, about 6% of the elderly survive in institutional care, with more than half of them living in medical facilities in 1993. But from now on group living becomes important. After looking through these conditions we emphasized the necessity of family doctors with 24 hours practice, patient visit at home, and with advice on social care to discharging patients. Increase of nursing facilities with ordinary living arrangement, short stay at clinic with beds and liberalization of advertisement by medical organization are desired by social care users and the concerned.
