80% of day care services “Reservation of use” by the new corona November 2, 4:56
"Outpatient care service" such as day service where elderly people go to the facility to receive support.
A survey by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare found that 80% of business establishments had cases of "refraining from using" due to the new coronavirus.
In the “outpatient care service,” where elderly people go to facilities to receive support such as eating and bathing, elderly people who are afraid of infection have been refraining from using the service one after another.
As a result of a survey of more than 1,700 business establishments nationwide by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, as of the end of July, 81.7% of business establishments answered that "there were elderly people who refrained from using the service."
On the other hand, there were a number of cases where business establishments restricted their use in order to reduce the risk of infection, with 8.1% of business establishments limiting the number of people using the day, 7.4% of those who shortened their time, and closed. Was 7.3%.
Due to these effects, the number of people using outpatient care per business establishment decreased by an average of 6.6% in April, 10.9% in May, and 5% in June, and management deteriorated. doing.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, "Day services tend to be dense, and it seems that there have been a series of refrains from using them due to concerns about infection. Next year's revision of nursing care fees will determine how to deal with the effects of corona. I would like to consider it based on the opinions of. "