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“MetLife Foundation Supported Home Hospice Maire no Ie” opens, a place where local residents can interact and “make connections” that you will want to stop by.
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A home hospice for the elderly opened in Itoshima City, Fukuoka Prefecture, supported by MetLife Life Insurance Co., Ltd.
(Representative Executive Officer, Chairman, President, and CEO Dirk Ostein) and The Nippon Foundation (Minato-ku, Tokyo, Chairman Yohei Sasakawa) Did.
[Image 1: https://prtimes.jp/i/5541/473/resize/d5541-473-6805b0616e1ea7f00de6-0.jpg&s3=5541-473-e7f8ae0bafb85083d9958eab202dc8bf-1648×550.jpg] A gathering space where everyone can gather (left photo) / Bathroom equipped with a hot shower that allows you to sit and take a bath (right photo)
【overview】
■Facility name: “MetLife Foundation Support Home Hospice Maile House” ■Operating body: NPO Maile
■Address: 1-6-27 Arita Chuo, Itoshima City, Fukuoka Prefecture ■Facility features:
1. Maile is a Hawaiian plant that is said to be the “sacred leaf in which the gods dwell,” and it has the meanings of “peace,” “union,” and “bonds.” Therefore, “Maile House” is called “House of Matchmaking.” Contains thoughts
2. Care that is tailored to the individual and allows them to live their lives according to their own rhythm.
3. The living room, dining room, and kitchen are placed in the middle of each room as a “gathering space for everyone.”
4. Accommodates up to 6 people, with rooms available for couples 5. A bath equipped with a hot shower that allows you to bathe your entire body in hot water while sitting on a chair.
6. Adjacent Fukuoka City does not have a home hospice, so we actively accept patients from outside the city, including Karatsu City. ■Ongoing efforts to interact with local residents:
・Establishment of a “dementia cafe (Maile Cafe)” that provides opportunities for exercise, massage, chatting, etc. through the Itoshima City Dementia Cafe Project Grant Grant Project
・“Lifestyle Health Room” where local residents can stop by and think together about health, nursing care, and other daily concerns. ・“Everyone’s Study Group” to learn about home hospice and home medical care, etc.
■Thoughts on establishment:
“Maile House” was established with the intention of valuing the relationships we have and providing care that is in tune with everyone’s wishes as a neighbor, just as the word “Maile” means. We aim to create a community where everyone, from babies to the elderly, respects each other and does what they can to support each other, even if they have an illness, dementia, or disability.
“Maile House” is the fifth facility for the elderly established under the “MetLife Foundation x Nippon Foundation Enriching Place for the Elderly and Children Program”*1. This program contributes to the creation of a prosperous local community through the establishment of elderly care facilities for the elderly to help them live a fulfilling life in the final stages of their lives*2 and “Children’s Third Place,” a facility for children in difficult situations. Thing. In addition, MetLife employees will contribute to the creation of rich local communities through volunteer activities at facilities for the elderly and children nationwide operated by the Nippon Foundation. By tackling the challenges of a super-aging society and children, we aim to build a sustainable society that leaves no one behind.
*1 Started in September 2021 with a donation of approximately 400 million yen from the MetLife Foundation to the Nippon Foundation. The first geriatric hospice under this program opened in Otsuki City, Yamanashi Prefecture in December 2022, and the fourth hospice has opened so far, with a total of 12 facilities for the elderly and children. We are planning to open several locations.
*2 According to the “National Awareness Survey on How to Approach the End of Life” conducted by the Nippon Foundation in November 2020, about 80% of people in Japan die in a hospital, while about 60% want to approach the end of their lives. The results show that people prefer their home as a place.
https://www.nippon-foundation.or.jp/who/news/pr/2021/20210329-55543.html -Reference materials-
■Comments from those involved at the opening ceremony held to commemorate the opening of the hospice on Tuesday, April 23, 2024 (excerpt)
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In an accelerating super-aging society, the role played by hospices for the elderly like Maile’s House is extremely important, and companies are also being asked how they can be involved in meeting such needs. As a life insurance company, we not only promise peace of mind and trust to our customers, but we also want to continue to create and provide value over the long term while working closely with the local community.
Hideo Fukuda, Director of Public Utilities Department, Nippon Foundation We are very pleased to be able to open a new “Maile no Ie” in Fukuoka in collaboration with MetLife and the MetLife Foundation. In addition to lifestyle support tailored to the individual rhythms of residents, we aim to provide a new type of place for seniors to feel at ease in collaboration with the local community through unique initiatives such as a dementia cafe and a lifestyle health room. expect.
Yoshiko Matsuzuki, Itoshima city council member
Congratulations on the opening ceremony of the MetLife Foundation Support Home Hospice Maile House. We would also like to thank the MetLife Foundation and the Nippon Foundation for their support. A home where you can live with a smile until your final moments was built in Arita Chuo by Mr. Haraguchi and Chairman of the NPO Maile Fukagawa. We hope that the circle of smiles will continue to spread at Maile’s home in the future.
NPO Maire Chairman Mika Fukagawa
When I first heard about home hospice, my heart trembled, thinking, “This is it!” I want my loved ones to spend their final moments in a warm place like this. It has been 10 years since this feeling grew and I continued running with the encouragement of my friends. Finally, we were able to open “Maile’s House”. This is a new start, and we want to make it a “house of matchmaking” where residents can spend a peaceful and enjoyable time, and where locals can feel free to stop by.
■Photographs from the opening ceremony can be downloaded from the link below. https://x.gd/yjOmN
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*The links to the above photo materials may become inaccessible without notice. About MetLife Life
MetLife Life began operations in 1973 as Japan’s first
foreign-affiliated life insurance company, and is currently the Japanese subsidiary of MetLife, one of the world’s leading life insurance group companies.We are always close to our customers and help them choose the most suitable insurance coverage. doing. Through a variety of sales channels, we strive to provide innovative products that can address a wide range of risks to individual and corporate customers. https://www.metlife.co.jp
About MetLife Foundation
The MetLife Foundation, New York, USA, was established in 1976 to enable MetLife’s giving efforts and long-term contributions to local communities. Since then, MetLife has provided $1 billion in support in the communities where it operates. The MetLife Foundation is dedicated to supporting underserved and economically disadvantaged people around the world and bringing economic mobility to life. MetLife employees actively participate in volunteer activities by collaborating with nonprofit organizations and focusing on three areas: economic inclusion, solving financial health challenges, and building strong communities. www.MetLife.org
About the Nippon Foundation
Pain, hope, and future together. Since its establishment in 1962 as one of Japan’s largest foundations, the Nippon Foundation has used grants from proceeds from boat races to carry out activities in a wide range of fields, including children, people with disabilities, disasters, oceans, and humanitarian aid, transcending race and national borders. We are promoting this as a financial resource. https://www.nippon-foundation.or.jp/
About NPO Maire
We provide home hospice services, counseling support services, projects based on the Long-term Care Insurance Act, and disability services for elderly people, terminally ill patients living at home due to cancer or other illnesses, disabled people (children), and their families, in cooperation with various professions and
volunteers. Our aim is to carry out projects based on the Act on Comprehensive Support for Persons, as well as to carry out awareness projects and consultation support projects to enrich the end-of-life care culture for local residents, and to contribute to the creation of a community where people can live as they want with peace of mind until the end of their lives. It is a specified non-profit
corporation. https://mairenurse0501.wixsite.com/home
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