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persons no longer able to work and the other two floors for those who
can walk.
lhe Vice-virector of the Home explained that this is not
a hospital, but a home like their own home.
hey do, however, have
one doctor and three nurses on the staff and if any treatment needs to
be done, there is a hospital right next door.
Employees take care of
the maintenance and the many social activities, clubs, etc., as well as
television and areas to make handicrafts.
‘che ambulatory residents are
allowed to go shopping by themselves, but must return for their meals.
The Vice-Director also related that there are about 60 people on
a Waiting list in the city office and that they expect to have another
100 rooms sometime in July of 1972.
The majority of the neople in the
home were those with no home or those who had been living with a family
in a home that was too small.
che question was asked about persons under
60 who are healthy but have no family.
"Younger people can work for
themselves," t the Committee was told.
The Committee noted that one of the reasons the building was imorescsive, was that it was new--vuilt in 1970.
Previous to that year
there were several smaller homes throughout the city.
This new faci-
lity cost 200,000,000 yen {about $700,000 at that time).
‘ihe central
government provides 80% of the operational funds, while the prefecture
and city split the remaining 20%.
Costs per patient on the first floor
run about $160 a month, and about $86 a month for those on the other two
floors.
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