Abstract
In Japan, about 30% of the population is expected to comprise of elderly people by 2025. Therefore, there is a sense of anxiety regarding the rapid increase in social security expenditure, such as on care and medical costs. As a part of governmental efforts to cope with such a phenomenon, we are structuring community-based integrated care systems. This counterplan aims to provide integrated care systems with collaboration among occupations and organizations. However, such integration is viewed differently.This paper aimed to understand the issue of gintegration h in structuring community-based integrated care systems and to suggest measures to promote the same. Findings revealed that it is important to structure community-based care systems integrated to the level of coordination which is second stage of integration. It was concluded that, to solve the issue, it was necessary to 1) clarify confusions and provide appropriate information, 2) develop methods to promote coordination in the integrated-level community-based care systems, and 3) develop requisite human resources.
