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1 Promotion of Purpose of Life for the Independent elderly, Senior Citizens Club, Participation in Volunteers July, 2011 Promotion Division, Health & Welfare Bureau for the Elderly

2 Activities of Senior Citizens Club 1

3 Budget related to the promotion of good health and the creation of purpose of life for the elderly in the community (The fiscal 2011 budget) Subsidies for senior citizens clubs activities 2,768,856,000 JPY (37.3 billion KRW) 1. Promotion of community welfare for the elderly 2. Subsidies for Japan Federation of Senior Citizens Clubs, Inc. Budget related to National Health and Welfare Festival (Nenrinpikku) 87,000,000 JPY ( 1.2 billion KRW) Training for supporters of better life of the citizens Support services for life (long-term care) support providers (One of the items of extra/special funds for the urgent improvement of longterm care infrastructure etc. (creation of mutual community support system)) 2

4 Senior Citizens Club Senior citizens clubs are community-based autonomous organizations for the elderly. Senior citizens clubs were founded in many areas of Japan by some pioneers in 1946 with the cooperation of social welfare council. To achieve liaison and coordination among clubs and joint projects in wider areas, a joint association has been founded at each level of local governments, prefectures, designated cities, and the country. 3

5 Purpose of Senior Citizens Club in the Legal System and Public Subsidies The Article 13, Paragraph 2 of the Act on Social Welfare Service for Elderly enacted in August 1963, stipulates that local governments and authorities shall make efforts to promote the services and activities to improve the welfare for the aged persons and to provide appropriate supports to people who are involved in services in senior citizens clubs and other relevant services. Public subsidies are provided to support senior citizens club activities. 2,760,000,000 JPY in FY 2010 State Budget 4

6 Organizational Structure of Senior Citizens Club Japan Federation of Senior Citizens Clubs, Inc. (one organization) Prefectural/designated cities federation of senior citizens clubs (61 organizations) Municipal federation of senior citizens clubs (1,939 organizations) Unit club association (117,065 clubs, 7,178,379 members) Figures are as of the end of March FY

7 Transition of Number of Senior Citizens Club and the elderly aged 60 & over (Unit: thousand persons) 40,000 60% 35,000 50% 30,000 25,000 40% 20,000 30% 15,000 20% 10,000 5,000 10% 歳 以 上 人 口 老 人 クラブ 会 員 数 60 歳 以 上 人 口 に 占 める 会 員 の 割 合 Aged 60 & over Num. of Clubs Ratio of members Aged 60 & over 0% 6

8 Num. of members per ten thousand 6,000 (persons) Senior Citizens Aged 60 & over 5,000 Toyama 5,149 As of March, ,000 3,000 Ishikawa 3,493 Gifu 3,724 Shiga 3,612 Mie 3,472 Fukui 3,171 Yamanashi 3,052 Nara 3,043 Wakayama 3,184 Okayama 3,048 Saga 3,325 Kumamoto 3,052 2,000 1,000 0 National Average 2121 Total 全 国 Hokkaido 北 海 道 Aomori 青 森 県 Iwate Akita Miyagi 岩 手 県 宮 城 県 秋 田 県 Yamagata 山 形 県 Fukushima 福 島 県 Ibaraki Tochigi Gunma 茨 城 県 栃 木 県 群 馬 県 Saitama 埼 玉 県 Chiba Tokyo 千 葉 県 東 京 都 Kanagawa 神 奈 川 県 Niigata 新 潟 県 Toyama 富 山 県 Ishikawa 石 川 県 Fukui 福 井 県 Yamanashi 山 梨 県 Nagano 長 野 県 Gifu 岐 阜 県 Shizuoka 静 岡 県 Aichi Mie Shiga Kyoto Osaka Hyogo Nara 愛 知 県 三 重 県 滋 賀 県 京 都 府 大 阪 府 兵 庫 県 奈 良 県 Wakayama 和 歌 山 県 Tottori 鳥 取 県 Shimane 島 根 県 Okayama 岡 山 県 Hiroshima 広 島 県 Yamaguchi 山 口 県 Tokushima 徳 島 県 Kagawa 香 川 県 Ehime Kochi 愛 媛 県 高 知 県 Fukuoka 福 岡 県 Saga 佐 賀 県 Nagasaki 長 崎 県 Kumamoto 熊 本 県 Oita 大 分 県 Miyazaki 宮 崎 県 Kagoshima 鹿 児 島 県 沖 Okinawa 縄 県 60 Num. 歳 以 上 of 高 members 齢 者 1 万 人 当 per たり ten 老 人 thousand クラブ 利 用 Senior 者 数 Citizens Aged 60 & over Source: Japan Federation of Senior Citizens Club, 7 Inc

9 Examples of Health Promotion and Senior Sports Club members are engaging in daily healthcare and health promotion, study programs, and surveys to prevent them from becoming bedridden, exercises and walking programs for the elderly, various senior sports, and healthcare activities to prevent accidents etc. to achieve vigorous and purposeful life. 8

10 Examples of volunteer activities Friendship activities Friendship activities are activities to support the elderly living alone, infirm or disabled elderly, and their families as a person close to them or a friend. Social service activities Under social service activities, volunteers are involved in various activities: environment beautification activities and greenery activities including cleaning, flower planting, and tree planting; recycling activities such as recovery of used paper or defective goods; red feather campaign or fund raising activities to help disaster victims; donation of handmade wiping cloths and diapers; checks of dangerous places in the community, fire and disaster prevention, etc. 9

11 Examples of Hobby Activities and Learning activity Senior citizens club members are actively involved in learning activities. They work on a wide range of themes including familiar topics associated with daily life such as healthcare, pension, long-term care insurance, medical care system, how to use medicine, etc., local history, and environmental issues. They attend lectures by specialists or watch videos in various workshops/study sessions. Group Activities Group activities There are various group activities such as chorus, photography, pottery, painting, skiing, swimming, folk dancing, table tennis, haiku, go/shogi, and handicraft. Recently, club members have been actively involved in word processing, cooking, video shooting, computer operation, etc. They are actively engaging in these activities using the opportunity to make friends in the community or as a purpose of life of each member. 10

12 Social participation activities of the elderly 11

13 Purpose of Services to Improve the Welfare of Aged Persons in the Legal System Article 13, Paragraph 1 of the Act on Social Welfare Service for Elderly Local governments/authorities shall make efforts to provide educational programs and recreation programs that contribute to the maintenance of the mental and physical health of aged persons as well as other services in which a lot of aged persons can voluntarily and actively participate. 12

14 Nenrinpikku Kumamoto 13

15 Nenrinpikku Kumamoto Date: Saturday, October 15, to Tuesday, October 18, 2011 Organizer: Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Kumamoto prefecture, and Foundation of Social Development for Senior Citizens Theme: Have a dream and hope in your future! Participants: Most of the participants are persons aged 60 and over. Some children will also be involved. Events: * Health-related events Sports, health fairs, introduction of new sports, etc. * Welfare/purpose of life-related events Art exhibitions, haiku contest, mahjong contest, culture tradition museum, etc. * Symposium on health/welfare/purpose of life, health appliances/welfare equipment exhibition, music festival, etc. Prospective participants: Players and staff members: about 10,000; audience/volunteers: 500,000 Budget: 970,543,000 JPY (13 billion KRW) 14

16 Leaflet 15

17 Leaflet 16

18 The 23rd National Health and Welfare Festival Ishikawa (Nenrinpikku Ishikawa 2010) October 9 12, 2010 Under the theme Good sweat! Circle of big smile in Ishikawa, the 23rd National Health and Welfare Festival Ishikawa (Nenrinpikku Ishikawa 2010) was held for four days from October 9 to 12 of 2010 in 10 cities and 3 towns in Ishikawa prefecture, and the participants enjoyed interacting with people of all ages from all areas of Japan in the sports or cultural events such as marathon, park golf, igo, and music festival. At the opening ceremony, Mr. Okamoto, the Parliamentary Secretary for Health, Labour and Welfare, read the words of encouragement for Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare Mr. Akira Nagatsuma. At the closing ceremony, Mr. Ohta, Vice- Minister for Policy Coordination, MHLW, made a speech to praise the participants performances and the successful events through the efforts of staff members and volunteers. Nenrinpikku is a nationwide festival to promote health promotion and provide a purpose of life mainly to elderly persons aged 60 and over and to give an opportunity to interact with and deepen exchanges with people of all ages. 17

19 Opening Ceremony in

20 Marathon race in Suzu City 19

21 kendo 20

22 Football in Kanazawa City & Nanao City 21

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