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VARIOUS FUNCTIONS OF DAY CARE ACTIVITIES AT A PUBLIC HEALTH CENTRE AND SOME IDEAS FOR THEM
1997 Volume 1 Issue 1 Pages 31-41
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1997 Volume 1 Issue 1 Pages 31-41
The purpose of this paper is to introduce the day care activities held only once a week at K Public Health Centre in Tokyo, and to examine the functions of those activities.
Day care at a public health centre functions as rehabilitation for mentally disordered participants.Their functions can be roughly divided into 4 groups as follow:
1. Making the basis of one’s life.
2. Enriching one’s life.
3. Promoting growth.
4. Bridge between a hospital and community.
Among those groups, ‘4. bridge between a hospital and community’ stands out as a characteristic advantage of day care at a public health centre.In order to fulfil those functions, some ideas in a day care activities are introduced.
