Health and Global Policy Institute (HGPI) held the third meeting of its task force on “Creating 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 third meeting of the task force was based on the tentative discussion report and policy recommendation on the issues and future vision for long-term care.  These reports were drafted by HGPI based on the discussions and interviews held this fiscal year. The topics discussed in the meeting include but are not limited to the importance of social recognition and/or approval of the load and care activities and what perspectives should be considered in discussing the future long-term care system that integrates the multiple systems and sectors. 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 (Assistant Professor, 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)

August 12, 2021 – Dementia Policy Project Holds First Task Force Meeting on “Redefining ‘Long-Term Care’to Create a Long-Term Care System for the Era of Healthy Longevity”
October 1, 2021 – Dementia Policy Project Holds Second Task Force Meeting on “Redefining ‘Long-Term Care’to Create a Long-Term Care System for the Era of Healthy Longevity”
December 20, 2021 – Dementia Policy Project Expert Meeting – Looking Back on Twenty Years of the Long-term Care Insurance System: Examining the Ideal Long-term Care System For Meeting the Needs of a Society of Healthy Longevity