Toshiyuki Takahama, Representative Director of Tsuchiya Corporation, a nursing care company, has been appointed as the secretary of the Chugoku and Shikoku Chapter of the Japan Home Care Association. Japan Home Care Association Chugoku/Shikoku Branch

On May 17, 2024, Toshiyuki Takahama, President of Tsuchiya Corporation (Head office: Ibara City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan; Enrollment: 2,646 people), assumed the position of Secretary of the Chugoku/Shikoku Chapter of the Japan Home Care Association.

Tsuchiya Corporation/Japan Home Care Association

Ltd. is a social business enterprise that provides home-visit nursing care services for people with severe disabilities throughout Japan, as well as services for the elderly (day services and group homes), regular patrols, and home nursing care.

We are committed to solving the nursing care refugee problem by further expanding our business in the field of elderly welfare, and to improving the quality of nursing care services and the compensation of care workers through cooperation and collaboration with the Japan Home Care Association and its Chugoku and Shikoku branches.

Outline of Japan Home Care Association

Member organization: Japan Home Care Association (abbreviated name: Home Care Association)

Home Care Association HP: https://zaitaku-kyo.gr.jp/about/history/

Representative: Mr. Shinsuke Mori, Chairman (Representative of Nichii Gakkan)

　　　　　　　　　　 Mr. Takayuki Sasaki, Secretary General

Tsuchiya's department: Chugoku/Shikoku Branch

Holding seminars and study meetings

　　　　　　　　　　 Regular exchange of information with member companies

　　　　　　　　　　 Dialogue with politicians

Appointment as secretary of the Chugoku/Shikoku Branch of the Japan Home Care Association

＜Toshiyuki Takahama, Representative Director, commented on the following

Toshiyuki Takahama, Representative Director

While our company's main business is welfare for the handicapped (home-visit care for the elderly), we are currently expanding our business in the elderly field (day care services, home-visit care services, home-visit nursing care services, and home-visit nursing care services with regular patrols) throughout Japan, and many of our subsidiaries (8 companies) operate day care services, group homes, and small-scale multifunctional in-home care services, which are long-term care insurance businesses. In addition, many of our subsidiaries (8 companies) operate day-care centers, group homes, and small-scale multi-functional in-home care services, which are long-term care insurance businesses.

In the future, as we further expand our business from various angles and grow into a total care company that provides care in general, regardless of whether it is in the field of welfare for the disabled, the elderly, or children, we would like to deepen cooperation with other business establishments and raise our voice as an industry organization to the government in order to solve the problems of the nursing care industry, including the shortage of human resources, and create an environment where we can operate our business with peace of mind. In November 2023, we joined the Japan Association for Home Care in order to resolve issues in the nursing care industry, such as the shortage of human resources, and to create an environment in which we can operate our businesses with peace of mind. I joined the Japan Home Care Association in November 2023, and have now assumed the position of secretary of the Chugoku/Shikoku Chapter, where our head office is located.

The Japan Home Care Association is an organization that is comprised mainly of businesses that provide long-term care insurance, and it is an organization with a long history that includes the chairmen and representative directors of major companies that are leaders in the Japanese long-term care industry. As an organization that is trusted by the government and makes policy recommendations, we believe that we will be given opportunities to listen to various people, including government officials and Diet members, and to convey our voice on the frontlines of the nursing care industry.

In addition, connecting with managers who are facing similar situations in the long-term care insurance field will provide useful information for management, and I hope that this will provide an opportunity for our management team, including myself, to create horizontal relationships and exchange information to raise awareness.

The nursing care industry is subject to systemic revisions every three years, and I was able to catch up on the changes and other information in advance by attending a study session hosted by the association at the time of the April compensation revision this year, which enabled us to prepare for the systemic revision.

We were able to gather a variety of information even before the revision of the compensation system began, and we were able to start raising wages for our employees immediately after the revision because we had made preparations to change the system within our company.

If we do not catch up with and understand the information coming from the government as soon as possible, the timing will be delayed, which may cause problems for our employees, but it is also difficult for us to proceed alone because the administrative documents are difficult to understand.

We believe that we can adjust ourselves to the situation by learning together with explanations through this kind of forum, so we would like to have a seat at the table as a place to learn first. When we eventually take a leadership role not only in the disability field but also in the aging field, we would like to take a proactive role in providing opportunities for our colleagues in the industry to learn from us.

At the same time, we intend to contribute to the industry as a whole and to a better society by sharing with the Association the knowledge we have accumulated as a leading company in the field of disability welfare and the issues we have identified through surveys and research, such as regional disparities.

To this end, as secretary of the Chugoku/Shikoku Chapter, I will take various actions to improve the quality of the nursing care service business and the compensation of nursing care workers, while playing a role in seminars on the revision of compensation, publicity activities, and chapter activities aimed at further increasing the number of members.

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Company Profile

Company name: Tsuchiya Corporation

Location ：2F Hisayasu Central Building, 192-2 Ibara-cho, Ibara-shi, Okayama

Representative Director: Toshiyuki Takahama

Establishment ：August 2020

Business description : Disability welfare service business and community life support business,

　　　　　　In-home service business based on the Long-Term Care Insurance Law,

　　　　　　Planning, holding, and operation of lectures and workshops, and training business,

　　　　　　Home-visit nursing business