Social Welfare (shakai fukushi)
Contact
Kasama City Hall Main OfficeSocial Welfare Division (shakai fukushi ka)
Kasama/Iwama Branch OfficeWelfare Division (fukushi ka)

Livelihood Protection
Livelihood Protection provides necessary assistance to people who are having
difficulties in daily life, assures them the minimum standard of living and helps
them become independent.
Households can apply at the Social Welfare Division. If their income is found to beunder the minimum limit specified by law, they will receive assistance accordinglyfor daily living expenses, housing, medical care, etc.

Commissioned Welfare/Child-Welfare Volunteers
Kasama City has a capacity of 151 commissioned welfare volunteers andcommissioned child welfare volunteers (including 8 chief commissioned childwelfare volunteers).
The city has been divided into three districts and a council has been established towork as a welfare commissioner and child welfare commissioner.
Each committee member has a district in charge and is an unpaid volunteer
working to improve welfare as a good consultation partner in the district.

Disaster Relief Money
Relief money and other benefits are provided in instances of death resulting fromnatural disaster, disability resulting from natural disaster, and other damages due
to disaster such as fire and flood.

Regional Comprehensive Support Center “Honobono”
Regional Comprehensive Support Center “Honobono” has been established toprovide elderly people with comprehensive and continuous access to necessary
services such as health care, medical care and nursing care in areas where they areaccustomed to living.
It is a consultation counter for care prevention and general life of elderly people, so
please use it if you have any concerns.

Three types of services come together to help you.
At Honobono, workers such as support care specialists, social welfare workers,
public health nurses, come together as a team to support the elderly.
The comprehensive support center provides the following services:
Circumstance

ServiceDetails

To prevent people who are living
・I don't need toindependently but are at high risk of<<Preventive careapply for long-term
needing support or nursing care or who
management ofcare insurance, but
feel that their physical strength or physicallong-term care>>my legs and waist
functions are declining from needing
We support them
are getting weak.
nursing care, we will provide guidance on
so that they canthe nursing care prevention programs
・It became
live independently.
offered by Kasama City, such as exercise
difficult to eat.
classes and oral function classes.
・I don't need toapply for long-termcare insurance, but
・We will work with other organizations tomy legs and waist
protect the elderly so that they can live
are getting weak.
happily and with peace of mind.
<<advocacy work>>
・I can't manage
・We protect your various rights such as
We will protect
my money.
introduction of adult guardianship system,
your rights.
・I am abused.
early detection of abuse and prevention ofconsumer damage.
・I'm having
trouble dealing
with productsolicitation.
・Respond to concerns and problems
I have something to <<Comprehensive related to nursing care for the elderly,
talk to you about, consultation
their families, and those living nearby.
but I don't know
support services>> ・Please consult us about anything such as
who to talk to.
Ask us anything.
nursing care, health and welfare, medicalcare and daily life.
Although I was<<Comprehensive In addition to supporting local care
hospitalized
and continuousmanagers (Long-Term Care Support
immediately, I am care management Specialists) who support you, we will focus
still wondering
support services>> on building networks with various
what to do after
We will support
organizations in order to make the region
leaving theyou on various
more comfortable for the elderly.

hospital.

aspects.

I want to use the<<Long-Term Carelong-term care
Prevention Support Those who are certified as Support Needservice because IProject>>
Level 1 or 2 will prepare a long-term care
was certified as
We offer care plans prevention service plan of the long-term
Support Need Levelto people withcare insurance and support them to receive
1 or 2 by the longSupport Need Level the care service that is suitable for them.
term care
1 and 2.
insurance.
For consultation, call the Regional Comprehensive Support Center "Honobono".
Location
309 -1734 Minami Tomobe 1966 Banchi 1, Kasama City
Phone
0296-78-5871
Fax
0296-77-1107
Open Mondays to Fridays (Excluding national holidays and New Year holidays)
Hours: 8:30 AM to 5:15 PM