[Donation Request] Support for Dispatch of Nurses and Care Workers to Evacuation Centers
In response to the Noto Earthquake, CANNUS (volunteer organization specializing in nursery care, also played an active role during the 2011 Tohoku earthquake) has been supporting those in urgent need by dispatching nurses and setting up welfare sheltershttps://t.co/2cN0r0iwMN
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NHK coverage on the situation of older persons and physically impaired affected by the Noto Peninsular earthquake. Support from the perspective of nursing and medical care is needed, as in the case of setting up welfare shelters. https://t.co/ulRcPklJ2D
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Interview of Dr. Beniya, CEO of Orange Group (a medical and social services organization based in Fukui)
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The longer the evacuation period, the more anxious the situation has become. Wajima City is a highly aged area, requiring the evacuation of about half of the population. + https://t.co/AcMJsJt8RU
Circumstances unique to the elderly, such as progressive dementia from living in unfamiliar places and difficulty walking due to lack of time for exercise, also make it difficult to provide medical support at evacuation centers. Since many older people are more physically frail+
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it is necessary to look at medical care and living at the same time in terms of lifestyle in order to prevent the worsening of illnesses.
— Momoko Abe 🇯🇵🇸🇬 (@mkoabeworld) January 11, 2024
They are considering accepting evacuees to Fukui prefecture, next to Ishikawa as "secondary evacuation".
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