Composed of 30 French, Swiss and Belgian medico-social managers, our delegation began its international study mission (organized by
Dialog Health in cooperation with
FEHAP) with a seminar dedicated to the Japanese health and cultural context at the
French Embassy in Japan.
Once this was done, the various learners, specialized in the accompaniment of the elderly, discovered the
Sompo International Care Lab and
Tokushimaru, an innovative company offering a real mobile supermarket mainly for old people who do not have a supermarket in their neighbourhood or who find it difficult to go shopping on their own due to age-related leg weakness.
On the second day, our team of international learners went to
Sawarabi, a medical and social village dedicated to the well-being of the elderly. This day was a unique opportunity to discover a different approach based on "developing the skills of each individual for the benefit of all"!
The next morning, the delegation went to meet
Aoi Care, a place for people with severe cognitive disorders, including a shared flat, a day care centre, third places and professionals who can come with their children. In the afternoon, the participants discovered the
Shonan Robo Care Center, a futuristic institute that develops exoskeletons to facilitate the functional autonomy of the elderly.
On Thursday 9 March, the delegation of medico-social directors met the management team of
Medagricare and Shizukaso.
Friday 10 March marked the end of the study mission organized by
Dialog Health, in partnership with
FEHAP, in Tokyo. To close this last day in style, this international delegation put the innovations discovered during this professional trip into perspective during a debriefing session orchestrated by
Fany Cérèse, an architect specializing in inclusive housing within the
Atelier AA - Human Architecture.
After a sparkling brainstorming on the themes of care for the elderly in the premises of the
France-Japan Chamber of Commerce, researcher Aki Yoshida introduced the next visit: the Dawn Avatar Café. Our delegation was welcomed by Ory Hime, the robot born from the imagination of visionary inventor
Kentaro Yoshifuji! The lunch break, in the company of robot servers remotely controlled by hospital patients, was punctuated by an exciting presentation of the futuristic and medico-social company
OryLab. A unique example of inclusion through technology, as moving as it is avant-garde.