[Houken Co., Ltd.] The book “Ukeiriki” written by former Nippon Television announcer Ayato Machi will be released on October 20, 2024. *Houken Co., Ltd.*
Press release: September 5, 2024
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A new book written by former Nippon Television announcer Masaaki Machi, “Ukeiriki” will be released on October 20, 2024.
*The “original young carer” who knows everything about nursing care passionately talks about what he really wants to convey! *
Houken Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo, President and CEO: Shunichi Higashijima) has published the book “The Power of Support -” written by Ayato Machi, a freelance announcer who is also known as the original young carer.
“In an era where nursing care is a daily routine, what we really need to deliver to all carers now” will be released on October 20, 2024. * This book was written by a former Nippon Television announcer, The author, Ayato Machi, who is also known as the “original young carer,” has written this book with all his heart, packed with messages he wants to convey to all carers so that they don’t feel overwhelmed by their caregiving duties. This can be said to be the culmination of everything we have accumulated over the course of more than 30 years, in which we have earnestly faced nursing care issues and continued educational activities with nursing care as one of our “lifelong themes.” This is a book that the author was able to write because he himself is a young carer and has overcome the harsh demands of nursing care. *
* ■The “ability to receive support” necessary to continue providing nursing care while also valuing one’s own life *
The ability to receive help is the ability to ask someone for help when you are in trouble, and what is important when facing nursing care is to demonstrate this ability to receive help. .
Young carers, business carers, elderly care, certified caregiving, retirement for caregiving, refugees for caregiving, depression for caregiving…As we enter a super-aging society, it is said that by 2040 there will be 10 million people in need of care. However, it is no longer surprising that anyone can face nursing care issues at any time.
However, not many people prepare in advance for when they need nursing care. For this reason, when faced with nursing care, many people’s lives change completely, and they are forced into a situation where they do not know what to do, and are psychologically cornered.
Nursing care can be provided by professionals, and there are many services available. You don’t have to take on everything by yourself, but if you don’t have the ability to ask others for help, you tend to try to do things on your own. Of course, if it is temporary, you may be able to manage it on your own without relying on others, but there is no end in sight to nursing care.
In order to survive while balancing “work, school, housework” and “nursing care” without going bankrupt, it is necessary to
effectively utilize and rely on the resources around you. Continuing to provide care while valuing your own life and not putting more effort than necessary will also improve the quality of care.
* ■In one word, “reading peer support” *
The best feature of this book is that it can be called “reading peer support.”
In 1990, when the author, Masaaki Machi, was a third-year high school student and took on the responsibility of caring for his mother and doing all the household chores, there was still no long-term care insurance system and social understanding of nursing care had not yet spread. In a difficult situation with limited services available, Masaaki Machi was able to balance “study” and “nursing care,” and even achieved his dream of becoming an announcer, successfully balancing “work” and “nursing care.” I’m here.
In this book, Mr. Masaaki Machi writes about his own experience of providing care, while considering other carers who are in difficult situations, and explains how to prepare for caregiving that is suddenly faced with care, and how to balance caregiving with work and school. First, we will passionately talk about tips for surviving nursing care life from various perspectives.
Mr. Masaaki Machi, who continues to report on nursing care as one of his “lifelong themes,” is an expert in nursing care issues, and his words are extremely persuasive because he himself has been involved in them. .
This book, filled with Mr. Ayato Machi’s passion for nursing care, is sure to be a book that will touch the hearts of all carers.
I became one of the young carers more than 30 years ago, and I still find it difficult to complain or rely on others. I think it was because I was in an environment where I couldn’t rely on my parents since I was 18 years old. I myself am acutely aware that I still lack the ability to receive help, but that is why I want to write this book while looking back on my past self, thinking, “If only I could have asked for help at that time…” Masu. What should I do to continue providing care while valuing my own life?
I am convinced that the key to achieving this is the ability to receive support.
I hope that this book will become an opportunity for all of you who are currently providing caregiving to cry out for help, and that it will be a small light that illuminates the present and future of not only young carers but all carers. I hope so.
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[Table of Contents]
*Chapter 1* Even if you are aware of it, a family member’s illness or nursing care that suddenly arrives……Anxiety/despair
*Chapter 2* Accepting my disabled mother as she is…Loss and acceptance *Chapter 3* Shift in thinking to count what you can do instead of what you can’t do……Discovery/realization
*Chapter 4* “Finally, someone found me…” We who became young carers… Conflicts and choices
*Chapter 5* I still dream of not being able to graduate from university… Balancing my studies and nursing care… Gaining confidence
*Chapter 6* The key to balancing nursing care and work is being able to work flexibly…Dreams and hopes
*Chapter 7* My mother is suddenly diagnosed with terminal cancer and has only six months left to live………Preparedness and determination *Final Chapter* Can you endure “loss”? From now on, nursing care will become a men’s issue…Prayer/Reunion
[Author biography]
*Aisei Machi*
free announcer
Since elementary school, he has dreamed of being an announcer and joined Nippon Television as an announcer in 1995. After that, he moved to the news bureau and worked as a newscaster and a reporter for the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, covering medical and nursing care issues such as cancer treatment, medical accidents, and intractable diseases. In 2011, he became a freelancer in order to remain a “lifelong active announcer.” He has published a book, “Ten Years of Care” (Shogakukan Bunko), which is a compilation of the 10 years he spent with his mother, who was in a wheelchair due to brain damage, and the experience of losing both his mother and father to cancer. Continuing to cover and raise awareness about medical care and nursing care as lifelong themes. Most recently, I covered the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, which was my long-awaited goal. Former young carer.
[Book information]
Book title: The power of support – What is truly necessary for all carers in this era of “nursing care being the norm”
Author: Asei Machi
List price: 1,980 yen (1,800 yen tax 10%)
Format: 46-size
Number of pages: main text 304 pages
Release date: October 20, 2024 (varies depending on region, etc.) Publisher: Houken Co., Ltd.
ISBN 978-4-86756-020-4