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Gerontological and Home Care Nursing Lab
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A lab that studies nursing to support people in living as themselves, even in old age or with illness or disability.
AboutAbout the lab
The science of practice that supports living as oneself.
The Gerontological and Home Care Nursing field studies nursing that supports people in living as themselves in the environment they choose, even in old age or with illness or disability.
The lab values "nursing in the place of daily life" in familiar settings such as the home, care facilities, and the community, and works to create new practical knowledge oriented toward where people live.
Research themes include end-of-life care in combined nursing and small-scale multifunctional home care (kantaki), family caregivers' sleep, and verification of death at home.
Undergraduate research students carry out their graduation research under the guidance of faculty members and graduate students.
Key terms
- Combined nursing and small-scale multifunctional home care (kantaki)
- A community-based service that flexibly combines "day services," "overnight stays," "home-visit personal care," and "home-visit nursing"
- Person-centered care
- An approach to care that focuses on recognizing the psychological needs of people with dementia
- Leaving work to provide care (kaigo rishoku)
- Quitting a job in order to care for a family member
NewsLab news
A presentation by the lab won a Research Encouragement Award at the Japanese Society of Home Care Nursing
A presentation by the lab won an Excellent Presentation Award at the 29th Annual Meeting of the Japan Academy of Home Care
Prof. Ozaki published a book titled "Community Home Care and Nursing Process: Supporting the Lives Care Recipients Wish For"
ResearchResearch themes
The lab studies nursing that supports people in living as themselves in the environment they choose, even in old age or with illness or disability. Its three pillars are strengthening the foundations for delivering gerontological and home care nursing, establishing home nursing techniques, and developing sleep care.
*Illustrative imageHome Care That Draws on the Strengths of Kantaki
The lab clarifies what kind of care is provided in combined nursing and small-scale multifunctional home care (kantaki) and communicates its findings. It also hopes to contribute to solving current challenges and to future development, and currently studies end-of-life care and bereavement care.
*Illustrative imageSupporting Dementia Care by Foreign Care Workers
Most Indonesian nurses and certified care workers working in Japan have no experience of dementia care in their home country. The lab works to build supportive environments so that they can practice person-centered care in a different culture.
*Illustrative imageNursing Protocol for Verification of Death at Home
In a society with a high number of deaths, the lab is developing a nursing protocol, based on the nursing process and the support provided at the time of death, for cases in which a person wishes to die at home and death is expected soon. It plans to extend this work to nursing in care facilities.
*Illustrative imageFamily Caregivers' Employment and Sleep
From the perspective of sleep care, the lab works to support family members who provide care while working, helping them avoid leaving their jobs to provide care and balance work and caregiving.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Gerontological and Home Care Nursing field consist of faculty members, doctoral and master's students, part-time lecturers, undergraduate research students, and graduates.As of 2026
- ProfessorAkiko Ozaki
- Associate ProfessorMegumi Yaginuma
- Assistant ProfessorKaori Honda
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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: “New York National Guard nursing home” The National Guard / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Home Care That Draws on the Strengths of Kantaki: “Home Care Bed Side-lying Position” BruceBlaus / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Supporting Dementia Care by Foreign Care Workers: “Budi Luhur Japanese Class Learning” VulcanSphere / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Nursing Protocol for Verification of Death at Home: “Al Amal Palliative care- Nov 2020” Alamalrwanda / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Family Caregivers' Employment and Sleep: “Bedroom with marine puzzles on wall” aismallard / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
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