Introducing app for cognitive function check for employees over 40 years old Kanazawa company 5:22 on July 30

In order to have employees continue working for a long time, a company in Kanazawa announced that they will introduce a smartphone app that checks cognitive function for all employees over 40 years old.

Mitani Sangyo Co., Ltd., a trading company that handles information systems and has its headquarters in Kanazawa, announced that it has decided to introduce a smartphone application that checks cognitive function for all 300 employees over 40 years old.

With the app, you can test your ability to concentrate by connecting numbers and hiragana in order, and take a questionnaire about lifestyle habits that often lead to the development of dementia, and you can test your cognitive function once in about 20 minutes.

Mitani Sangyo will use this application once a year for employees who want it according to a medical examination, etc., and provide a lifestyle improvement program by public health nurses and dietitians for half a year to employees who have a sign of dementia I will do it.

The average age of employees at Mitani Sangyo is 40, but some employees wish to continue working in their 70s or 80s after retirement at the age of 65, so taking measures from an early stage of dementia I want to extend my active period.

Tadateru Mitani, president of Mitani Sangyo, said, "We want to create an in-house environment so that our employees can continue to work for as long as possible, and we want to inspire society by addressing the social problem of dementia."