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Gerontological Home Care and Long-Term Care Nursing / Palliative Care Nursing Lab
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A lab that examines the quality of long-term care for older adults and the way the people who support them work.
AboutAbout the lab
Pioneering the “knowledge of care.”
The Palliative Care Nursing lab conducts broad research on long-term nursing care for older adults and their families.
Starting with the development of indicators, the lab considers how to measure and improve the quality of care in home settings and long-term care facilities.
The lab treats the well-being of the nurses and care workers who provide care as inseparable from improving its quality.
The lab also carries out case study research that examines individual cases one by one, building up new knowledge of care.
Key terms
- Long-term care
- Nursing and caregiving continued over a long period for people who need support in daily life because of aging or illness
- Care quality indicators
- Items defined to measure how good care is. They serve as clues when reviewing care in facilities or at home
- Community-based inclusive society
- A vision of society in which everyone can continue to live in their community, even with aging, disability, or illness
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The lab conducts broad research aimed at improving long-term care for older adults and their families. It considers not only the well-being of those who receive care, but also that of care staff, families, and local community members.
*Illustrative imageQuality of Care and Staff Well-Being
The lab develops care quality indicators that can be widely used in home care and long-term care facilities, and builds quality management systems based on them. Through case reviews and group discussions, it also works on creating environments in which the people who provide care can keep working.
*Illustrative imageBuilding Knowledge of Care Through Case Study Research
The lab explores how to organize in academic form the nursing knowledge that can be gained only by examining a single case carefully. It holds case study workshops several times a year, collaborating with nurses and care workers in the field and with researchers in areas such as philosophy.
*Illustrative imageNew Nursing in a Community-Based Inclusive Society
Drawing on pioneering cases, the lab examines forms of nursing that go beyond existing delivery systems, such as advanced practice nursing and Social Community Nurses. It also works on joint projects with local governments and on building workplaces where people can balance caregiving and work.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Palliative Care Nursing lab consist of faculty members, visiting professors, project researchers, administrative assistants, doctoral and master's students, and visiting researchers.As of 2026
- ProfessorNoriko Yamamoto-MitaniPublications ↗
- Associate ProfessorNoguchi-Watanabe MaikoPublications ↗
- Assistant ProfessorYuka SumikawaPublications ↗
- Assistant ProfessorHanako NumataPublications ↗
- Project Assistant ProfessorAsa Inagaki-AsanoPublications ↗
- Project Assistant ProfessorMasumi ShinoharaPublications ↗
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “A woman supporting herself with a walking frame” rawpixel.com / CC0 (cropped)
- Quality of Care and Staff Well-Being: “Eniwa-Midori no En” Prosperosity / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Building Knowledge of Care Through Case Study Research: “Desk with notebook pens and glasses” Shixart1985 / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- New Nursing in a Community-Based Inclusive Society: “A street of Maple Town in Taku” Peka / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Gerontological Nursing / Wound Care Management Lab (Nakagami Lab)): “Ultrasound Scan ND” Nevit Dilmen (talk) / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Community Health Nursing Lab): “Minami-Tama Public Health Center 20111227” An azalea / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Fundamental Nursing Lab): “Nurses at Work” Yonat945 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Maternal Nursing and Midwifery Lab): “Newborn on mother chest” DerringUndo / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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