The 7th "Let's talk with the mayor!"

Bayside Shinyamashita is home to many elderly people living alone, and lonely death often occurs. It was very difficult to find, and there were cases where it was discovered two and a half months later.
The Bayside Shinyamashita Neighborhood Association Elderly Watching Caretakers Association (hereinafter referred to as the "Watching Caretakers Association") was launched in October 2020 to eliminate lonely death. We conduct "interactions to avoid isolation", "moderate watching", and lectures for living healthy and safe.
Neighborhood AssociationNaka Ward Health and Welfare Division and Elderly and Disabled Support Division are members of the Naka Ward Community Care Plaza, Naka Ward National Council of Social Welfare, Neighborhood Association Health and Welfare Department, and Health Mate.

Did these people say that they should have such a role?

The local welfare committee members know the elderly, and health activity promotion members also work with the local welfare committee members. In addition, there is a fraternity activity member system in the Geriatrics Association to watch over the elderly. Healthmates also give advice on a little diet. The Naka Ward Guardianship Support Office, Larugo, is an organization where people with disabilities can consult about the future.
Watching caretakers' association participates in 20 people and 1-2 people from cooperating organizations, and a total of 24-5 people participate.
The activities are visualized by recording what they were worried about in their daily involvement in the "watching activity memo". When a lonely death actually occurs, it is necessary to provide the police with information such as "who saw the last" and "who met", so we take such records.
The plenary meeting is held about once every three months at a watch caretaker's association and a cooperating group, and we are examining information exchange, exchange of opinions, and planning of exchange meetings and courses. The exchange meeting is held about four times a year for the purpose of interacting with the elderly living alone and watching over the caretakers' association, building a face-to-face relationship while also serving as lunch, and gaining information such as emergency contact number.
In the workshop, we hold courses to learn about the information necessary for the elderly to live healthy and safe. With the cooperation of healthmates, we also engage in nutrition, oral care, health checks, prevention of fraud damage, heat stroke, food poisoning, influenza, etc.
apartment's key has only a family member, and I can't confirm it even if I think it's strange, so I've got the consent to keep the key so that safety confirmation can always do it. As a result, after starting custody, even if misfortune occurs, it is possible to detect it in a short time.

Thank you very much.
In this watching caretaker's meeting, we are making our own efforts to keep keys, but from your perspective as a member of the local welfare committee, please tell us if you have any questions that you think were good about starting this activity.

Each member of the local welfare committee has a district in charge, but since I am also a resident of Bayside Niiyama, I am now in charge of hope. I knew that I also lived, but I heard from my predecessor that "this district has many elderly people and it is difficult."
I've lived for a long time, so I thought I knew most of it, but I didn't really know the building where I didn't live. I was in charge, and I received a list of people living alone from the ward office over the age of 75, and it was a situation that "I am so much." Under such circumstances, the caretaker's association was launched in the second year in charge. .
When I was in charge of the district, even when I asked for greetings, the reaction seemed to be thin, making it difficult to grasp the whole situation. However, when the Watching Caretakers' Association was established, it became possible to understand what each person had a connection, so by passing it, it was possible to grasp the whole thing I think it became.
Naturally, it is still difficult to cover all buildings, but it is very helpful because it is possible to grasp the situation while sharing information in the watching caretakers' association.

After hearing the words, I felt the wonderfulness of this initiative again. After all, from the standpoint of the members of the local welfare committee, right?

Elderly people are really increasing, and even if you get a list of those living alone, the situation is increasing by about 10 each time. I think it's very difficult to hold it alone and watch it, so it's very easy to do it with a watch caretaker meeting.

I think that keeping keys requires a considerable relationship of trust. Could you tell me if there is something that has been devised in keeping such keys?

Before I talked about keeping my keys, I originally lived alone, so I felt that I was in trouble when something happened. That's why I was able to do positive things about depositing keys in itself.
However, even if you leave the key, depending on the location of the room and the structure of the building, it may not be easy to notice something unusual, so I think it is important to have a regular connection while utilizing smartphone apps etc. You. However, there is a problem because you don't necessarily have a smartphone.

Certainly, by connecting with the app, I think that it can be a sign of unusual things, but some people do not have a smartphone in the first place.

I'm thinking about various ways, but I think it's very difficult. I don't think it's just a matter of "I'm okay because I've kept my key", so I'm going to think about it in the future.

When depositing keys, first of all, is the relationship of trust that is naturally born in the same building or in the same Bayside Shinyamashita?

I think that there are both those who leave without hesitation and those who do not.

There are some people who live in the neighborhood. It's about 60% to deposit.

While I think it is wonderful that these activities are rooted in the community, I think that your efforts and efforts are wonderful. I think that it has a great effect because of the burden as a region. What do you think about this from the standpoint of community care plazas?

I think that it is very difficult just to set up a watching caretaker's association, but since the connection between people is valued, such as daily careful watching and calling out, the activities of the watching caretaker's association are very much I think it's going forward. I didn't have the key kept at first, but I started to need it.
As a result, if there is an area that wants to start watching in other wards, there are some people who want to listen to the chairman, such as where to work on it and how to watch. Even those who thought it would be impossible to watch for a while, I think there are places where the light was seen a little. Lonely death is a big problem not only in this area but also nationwide, but I think we have a system that can show how to work on it. .

It's a model.
However, this initiative is based on your efforts, and I think that it is not always possible to do so in other areas immediately. .

Now, condominiums where many elderly people live in the city are coming to see our efforts. In various Neighborhood Associationss, I think they are thinking about watching over the elderly and what to do with lonely death. I don't think that our efforts are pioneering, but it may be spreading by mouth.