Health and Global Policy Institute (HGPI) held the first meeting of its task force on “Redefining ‘Long–term Care’ to Create a Long–term Care System for the Era of Healthy Longevity.” In accordance with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19) control measures, the meeting was held entirely online and was not open to the public.

The discussion at the second meeting of the task force was based on the tentative policy recommendation to show the future vision for long-term care drafted by HGPI. The topics discussed include but are not limited to what factors confirm that the dignity of those who need long-term care is respected, the importance of decision-making support for this dignity to be respected, and challenges to establish a stable long-term care provision system. The policy recommendation is to be published at the end of this fiscal year.

FY2021 Task Force (In alphabetical order; titles omitted)

Motoi Fujisaki (Chief Risk Officer, Representative Managing Officer, Sompo Care Inc.)
Satoko Hotta (Professor, Graduate School of Health Management, Keio University; Representative, Designing for Dementia Hub; Board Member, HGPI)
Takashi Iguchi (Associate Professor, Social and Cultural Studies Division, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, The University of Tokyo)
Shinya Ishii (Specially–appointed Professor, Symbiotic Social Medicine Course, Graduate School of Medicine, Hiroshima University; Research Fellow, HGPI)
Shu Kinoshita (Lecturer, Faculty of Letters, Keio University)
Mie Morikawa (Professor, Department of Policy Studies, Tsuda University)
Yumi Shindo (Researcher, Center for Gerontology and Social Science, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology)
Masayuki Takahashi (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Saitama University)
Kiyoyuki Tomita (Manager, Value Unit, Integrated Dimension Strategy Department, Eisai Co., Ltd.)
Junichiro Toya (Director, Sakura Shinmachi Urban Clinic, Platanus Medical Corporation)

■Related events held in FY2021 (chronological order)

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