[Features of a short stay service facility for the severely motor and intellectually disabled persons in relation to the Niigata Chuetsu Prefecture earthquake in 2004].
Twenty-four handicapped victims of the Niigata-Chuetsu earthquake have used our "short-stay-service" . We have summarized the characteristics of this utilization. Two prominent patterns were noted:1) The mean duration of the stays was clearly longer when compared to ordinary service, and correlated with the proximity of the victims to the focus of the earthquake, and 2) victims living near the epicenter took longer to start utilizing the short-stay service. The Niigata-Chuetsu earthquake has destroyed roads and highways at over 200 locations, preventing transportation, isolating the seismic center, and resulting in delayed rescue of the handicapped victims and their admittance to the institution. More of the 24 victims were from the severest region (on 7 of the Japanese seismic intensity scale) than from the violent region (scale 6). Unfortunately, the social and administrative network for supporting and protecting severely motor and intellectually disabled persons is still at an embryonic stages. Based of this experience, we propose the building and organization of a functional network for the disabled.
Kameda
Kazuhiro
K
Nagaoka Institute for Severely Handicapped, Nagaoka, Niigata. kameda@nagaryo.or.jp
Izumi
Rie
R
Konishi
Toru
T
Yamatani
Miwa
M
Yamada
Ken-Ichi
K
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