2023 Volume 7 Issue 2 Pages 21-31
The global spread of COVID-19 infections has had a big impact on the lives of international students studying at training institutions for certified care workers in Japan. Most of those students have worked as part-time workers at elderly-care facilities where a number of COVID-19 cluster infections occurred amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Thus, they have had to face various problems such as increased job stresses, learning-related difficulties due to online lessons, and serious concerns over the health conditions of their family members remaining in their countries of origin. In order to identify their various problems related to daily life and mental health during the pandemic, the authors conducted a questionnaire survey of overseas students of Japan Welfare Education College, where one of the authors works as a lecturer. The results clearly showed that 92.7% of respondents said their part-time job required them to seriously focus their attention, and 85.2% said it had affected their daily lives. The survey also revealed that 59.8% of respondents suffered from sleeplessness and mental stress, and experienced a lack of confidence in their own health.
