The National Dementia Basic Act has enacted in June 2023.
Next, each local government will do initiatives under its budget and guidance. I attended the training session. It has leveled up from the beginner level, and this is the third level-up seminar. It is still all classroom lectures and group meetings. The rest was a tag match between the Regional Comprehensive Center, a subordinate the government, and the general public recruited through the city newsletter (an information magazine for citizens). It seems to be there to learn about the voices, and actual situations of interested participants.
Below is a critical comment from Suchito, but it is Japan’s political form, social structure, and local government.
I will think about this as I introduce it.
At the invitation of Mr. E, a social worker and a staff member of a local comprehensive support center (community comprehensive support center), whom I met at a seminar, after I attended the workshop to improve my skills.
The third training session was about “Team Orange” and “case studies.” Why did you go out? Currently, I am not volunteering at a nursing home. Well, it’s for myself.
What will change after the training session for Dementia Volunteers “Team Orange”?
Then, I went to a local volunteer group(Team Orange). 19 people(including two infants) gathered to exchange information, and the Mayor of Minami Ward, Saitama City, brought a certificate of “Team Orange Certification No. 1” to be handed out. In other words, it was a group not only for dementia issues but also for people raising children, etc. There were elderly and their caretakers, but they were good people, and I felt a sense of comfort in their lives and humanity. It is a community-based association that provides love, kindness, and mutual assistance. However, the only men were Mr. S and Suchitoo, whom I met at the seminar. The atmosphere was conversation and behavior typical of women(sweets and tea). As long as Suchitoo does not get dementia, we’ll keep an eye on it and continue associate at the team.
I don’t know yet whether this will be a government welfare measure to combat dementia or a volunteer group specializing in dementia, but I will do what I can together with Mr. S.
The photo shows the certificate from the Minami Ward Mayor and the “Crystal performances” by the volunteer members. It will meet every month, and the next meeting seems to include a presentation from the local medical association.