Silla University Conducts Summer Training by Visiting Japanese Social Welfare Institutions

The graduate training group from the Graduate School of Social Welfare at Silla University visited social welfare institutions in the Kyushu region of Japan for three days and two nights from the 6th to the 8th, conducting academic exchanges and training in specialized elderly welfare practice techniques.

The training group first visited the ‘Fukuoka Citizen Welfare Plaza.’ This institution was established by Fukuoka City in 2000 to commemorate the introduction of Japan’s Long-Term Care Insurance system for the elderly and serves as a hub where any citizen can experience welfare, obtain information, and collaboratively build a welfare society.

Next, they toured the facilities of the ‘Keyaki Welfare Corporation,’ which operates elderly day care, group homes for dementia patients, and paid elderly homes, exchanging opinions on the joint development of elderly welfare between Korea and Japan.

They also visited the ‘Community Comprehensive Support Center’ in Oita City, which comprehensively provides medical care, nursing, care, welfare, housing, and living support for the elderly in the community.

At the center, the training group discussed important achievements and challenges, reviewing the development direction of community care in Korea and the welfare strategy of living zones, which is the core of Busan’s ‘15-minute city’ concept.

At the Oita Prefecture Care Training Center, they conducted intensive training on elderly care practice techniques that respect the choices and intentions of the elderly, sharing a consensus on the need for people-centered social welfare practice and mutual exchange to achieve this.

The training group from the Graduate School of Social Welfare at Silla University is taking a commemorative photo with officials from social welfare organizations in the Kyushu region.

As major advanced countries have recently shifted from institutional care to community and home-based care, Japan has also been operating a community-based integrated care system centered on elderly care for the past decade.

Kim Junseop, a doctoral student at the Graduate School of Social Welfare who directly operates an elderly home care center, said, “During this training, I experienced the efforts in Japanese social welfare and policy fields that place community elderly at the center and respect the elderly’s right to choose.”

Choi Eesu, the head professor of the Graduate School of Social Welfare at Silla University, emphasized, “The Graduate School of Social Welfare at Silla University will continue to lead the development of social welfare through exchanges with major domestic and international social welfare institutions and specialized research organizations.”

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