Preliminary Program Schedule for the International Comparison Seminar 2009

"Restructuring Care Policies for the Elderly and Care Work: Lessons from Finland and Japan"

Date: March 14, 2009, 13:00-16:30

Venue: Ochanomizu University 2-1-1 Ohtsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-8610, Japan

Speakers and Commentator

Program

13:00-13:10 Introduction (Harumi Sasatani)


13:10-14:00 The Competing Rationalities of the Finnish Politics of Care and their Impact on Care Work and Care Workers (Sirpa Wrede)

briefing paper


14:00-14:30 Community-based Comprehensive Care System and Care Worker Training in Japan (Teiji Ota)

briefing paper


14:30-14:50 Break


14:50-15:20 Care Workers・ People with care needs ・ Family Carers:Mechanism of Inclusion into/Exclusion from Long-term Care Insurance System (Harumi Sasatani)

briefing paper


15:20-15:40 Comment (Koichi Hiraoka)


15:40-16:25 Panel Discussion (All Speakers)


16:25-16:30 Concluding remarks (Harumi Sasatani)




This seminar is organized by Caring Research Group and funded by 2006-2008 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Creative Basic Research , Project leader: Professor Harumi Sasatani, Project title "Gender and Market Analysis Regarding Japan-style Care Policies and Reorganization of the Caring Relationship").