[History of society for family group activity for patients receiving home visiting care].
We organized a society for the support of patients receiving home visiting care and their families in 1982. The group started with 13 members and now has more than fifty members. Some members a remain after the patients' death and give advice as alumni. The group was named "Kibo-no-kai" i.e., "hope". At first, the group was a place to complain about daily care and cheer one another up. But gradually, the demands for better welfare were occurred to the members, and we have made requests to the mayor. Since 1984 we had a talk with the mayor four times and obtained some improvements in welfare; for example, bath service for patients undergoing gastrostomy or tracheostomy, supply of paper diapers, simplification of welfare service procedures and so on. We meet 4 times a year, publish bulletins, and meet in small groups in each area occasionally. This paper reported the history of this group for 15 years.
Yoshizumi
R
R
Dept. of Visiting Care Services, Tsuruoka Kyouritsu Hospital.
Ishizaki
T
T
Watanabe
A
A
Takahashi
T
T
Ikeda
M
M
Shoji
H
H
Takahashi
M
M
Takahashi
M
M
D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male