A dementia patient certified as requiring five years of care to the challenge of spending a night at a disco with memories Refine, a home-visit care service, provides support

Refine, a home-visit care provider (located in Chuo-ku, Tokyo), announces that on February 3, 2025 (Monday), "Akemi," a patient of Refine who has dementia and is certified as requiring 5 years of nursing care, will challenge herself to spend a night at a club disco "Maharaja Roppongi" to fulfill her dream of going to a disco, Akemi, who has dementia and is certified as requiring 5 years of nursing care, will be challenged to spend a night at the Maharaja Roppongi club disco in order to make her dream of going to a disco come true.

Akemi wants to improve her will to live and her sense of happiness by making her wish come true.

Akemi, 77, lives in Tokyo.

Eight years ago, breast cancer was found during a medical checkup and she underwent surgery. Soon after, she developed dementia. Although her breast cancer has progressed well since then, she is unable to carry on daily conversations, and she is certified as requiring 5 years of nursing care and lives in a wheelchair.

From left, myself (nurse), Ms. Akemi, and the beautician

Under such circumstances, on Monday, February 3, Akemi-san went to Maharaja Roppongi, a club/disco in Roppongi, for a special night out.

The year 2025 has arrived, when one in five of the nation's population will be elderly (75 or older) in the latter half of their lives. As the aging population continues to advance, safety is the top priority in nursing care and medical care, while the hopes and dreams of the elderly themselves are not being cared for. However, there are an increasing number of cases in which fulfilling the wishes of the elderly greatly improves their will to live, their sense of happiness, and even their symptoms.

The trigger was a single wish to go to a beauty salon, but all staff members were vehemently opposed to the idea.

While I was taking care of her as a nurse, Akemi suddenly said to me, "I want to go to a beauty salon. She wanted to have her hair washed at a hair salon, not at a day service shampoo.

Akemi had not been to a hair salon for more than five years because she was in need of nursing care 5 and had difficulty communicating with others, and she was unable to sit on the shampoo table at the salon due to her physical disability that left her neck bent.

I responded that I would make the arrangements and we would go. What awaited me, however, was the fierce opposition from the home nursing manager and all the staff, including the rehabilitation physiotherapist.

When it came to safety, the safest thing to do was to do nothing. But I wanted to fulfill her wishes, and I decided that it was my role to break through the impossible by removing all danger. I explained to all the caregivers one by one how to handle emergencies, coordinate medications, and arrange transportation, and decided to go if I could get her husband's approval.

The husband immediately agreed to take her because he wanted to be in her thoughts. I told him that there were various risks involved, but he wanted to comply with her wishes even if it was risky.

The goal was to go to a nostalgic "disco.

On the day of the event, we went to the washbasin. She was scared at first, but as I held her hand and kept telling her it was okay, she slowly relaxed and her bent neck stretched out and she fit into the shampooing table.

To my surprise, conversation began to take place. After her hair was cut and trimmed, she looked at her beautiful new appearance in the mirror and began to talk about her new dream: "I want to go to a disco.

She was the one who mainly worked as a model for fashion shows. When I asked her if she liked it, she said, "I used to dance at discos in Roppongi all the time. I suggested that we play music at home, but she said, "It won't create the right atmosphere if I play it at home. It has to be there. I asked her husband if I could find a place for us to play music, and he replied with a smile, "Please take me there.

My neck, which was still crooked, grew longer and I went to the shampooing table.

■I want to fulfill a wish that I have put away.

As people grow old and their bodies weaken and they suffer from various physical limitations and problems, their feelings also weaken. And the few remaining days of their lives are filled with feelings of resignation rather than dreams and hopes.

However, Akemi's wish-fulfillment efforts have proven that fulfilling a wish that has been stored away, even in the face of physical limitations and disabilities, can give a person great strength and give hope and inspiration to the family and other people involved.

I would like to continue to expand such efforts to fulfill "I want to do it," and to realize a society in which the elderly can regain their smiles and radiance.

Now, on February 3, I am off to the Maharaja. Let's go to the Maharaja!

Implementation Information

Date: Monday, February 3, 2025 from 19:00

Place: Club Disco "Maharaja Roppongi

　　　　(6F Rokumon Bldg., 6-1-3 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo)

●Overview: Akemi, who is certified as requiring 5 years of nursing care, spends a special night at the disco

Company Profile

Company name: Refine, LLC

Head office : 1-22-11 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0061, Japan

Contact person : Ro-Rifa

Business : Nurse, nursing care support, home-visit care, Shinjuku City specific insurance instructor