Abstract
This study aimed to explore the feasibility of evacuation from home to other place under the condition of a long-term power failure for children (individuals)with severe motor and intellectual disabilities- medical care dependent group (SMID-MCDG) at home, and the psychology of their mothers on the supposition of this critical situation. The interviews with the mothers showed that the feasibility of evacuation depended on [the presence or absence of a place where the children can live away from their house] and [the presence or absence of means for transporting the children to the designated place]. The supposition of evacuation in such a critical situation brought the mothers [loss of their confidence to survive the disasters together with their children] and [hope of going to the heaven with their children]. To prepare for the long-term power failure, the system of accepting those children (individuals) by the local medical institutions should be arranged on a nationwide scale, and the means for transporting those children (or people) to the evacuation site should be ensured with the cooperation of the community. For those purposes, development of the items for evacuation necessary for those children (individuals) is further required. To support the mothers is also necessary in consideration of the fact that the mothers are apt to be negative about the actions for saving their children's life and their own life in such a critical situation.
