A third-party committee in Kanagawa Prefecture, which is considering the ideal form of welfare for persons with disabilities, has put together an interim report stating that support should be enhanced so that people with disabilities can live in the community.
In Kanagawa Prefecture, we have set up a third-party committee consisting of specialists in supporting persons with disabilities and people with disabilities to discuss the ideal welfare for persons with disabilities.
The committee has recently compiled an interim report and recommended that prefectural admission facilities should be renewed from the current situation where the period of admission is prolonged and that people with disabilities should be supported to live in the community.
Specifically, living by dividing the period of stay at a prefectural facility and promoting support so that residents can live in a group home in the area, reducing the capacity and scale of the facility, and remodeling from a large room to a private room. We are requesting that the environment be improved.
On the other hand, at prefectural entrance facilities, inappropriate behaviors such as keeping users in locked rooms for a long time have been found one after another, and we are requesting a review of staff training.
Governor Kuroiwa said, "It is necessary to support people with disabilities so that they can live in the community. From the user's perspective, we would like to fundamentally review the need for facilities." Was there.