Wako Hospital - Wako

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Opened in April 2002. Wako Hospital, a hospital specializing in dementia, is a specialized hospital that specializes in providing medical care and long-term care for the treatment of dementia by the establishment and management of the medical corporation Midorikai. The corporation has been involved in the psychiatric business for many years and is a pioneer and front runner in the field. Based in the two regions of Kyushu and Kanto, Kanto is developing a wide range of businesses in the related medical field and long-term care and welfare, mainly in Itabashi Ward, Nerima Ward, and Wako City, Saitama Prefecture. Wako Hospital is also positioned as a business base for building the necessary regional system together with the national government and government for the purpose of promptly connecting people with dementia and their families to appropriate support for regional medical care and long-term care. Has been done. Dementia countermeasure problem, which is considered to be one of the biggest issues in Japan's aging problem in the future-The number of people with dementia in 2025 is expected to be about 7 million (2013 welfare labor) Scientific Research Grant Special Research Project Professor Ninomiya, Kyushu University, Forecast) -is playing an important role as it is expected to become more serious. A leading expert in dementia research in Japan, the inventor of the Hasegawa simple scale, which is the first diagnostic standard for dementia, and a well-known "dementia specialist who has become dementia" (NHK Special "Dementia No. 1" Kazuo Hasegawa's doctor (a disciple in the story of Mr. Hasegawa) is Mr. Yukimitsu Imai, the director of Wako Hospital. Mr. Hasegawa has been invited as a lecturer for the 2016 extension course the year before he was diagnosed with dementia. In that sense, it can be seen that the hospital is positioned as the mainstream of Japanese dementia medical professionals and researchers. As an aside, there is a special hospital room on the roof of the hospital for 400,000 yen per night. Wako Hospital is continuously engaged in dissemination, public relations, and enlightenment activities to the local community, and holds a lecture for the general public at the Act Hall in front of Narimasu Station as an extension course for dementia medical care in September or October every year. It is also known to be. More than 200 people, including medical personnel, people with dementia, family members, and long-term care personnel, visit the venue every time, and it is highly supported and evaluated by the local community. The lecturer's talk is designed with consideration given to practical viewpoints such as summarizing the points of care while touching on specialized knowledge and the latest fields related to dementia medical care. It is a light and humorous narrative for the general public, and it is an opportunity for many participants to enjoy learning. Wako Hospital publishes "Wako Hospital News" edited and published by the Wako Hospital Public Relations Committee as a public relations magazine. (Omitted before 2016). September 30, 2016, Professor Emeritus of St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Social Welfare Corporation Yufukai Dementia Care Research and Training Tokyo Center Honorary Center Director: Dr. Kazuo Hasegawa / Director of Wako Hospital-Professor, Graduate School of Social Work, Japan College of Social Work: Dr. Yukimitsu Imai September 29, 2017, Director of Wako Hospital: Dr. Yukimitsu Imai / Nursing Department: Mr. Fuki Horiuchi October 5, 2018, Director of Wako Hospital: Dr. Yukimitsu Imai / Nursing Department: Yoko Ishikawa / Clinical Psychologist: Mayumi Kato / Occupational Therapist: Yuko Hirai September 20, 2019, Former Director of Wako Hospital, Director of Tokyo Metropolitan Matsuzawa Hospital: Dr. Masahiko Saito / Director of Wako Hospital: Dr. Yukimitsu Imai