The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) held a meeting of the Working Group on Community Collaboration Network on September 2, 2022, and a meeting of the Working Group to Improve the Operation of the Adult Guardianship System on September 27, 2022.
The Act to Promote the Use of the Adult Guardianship System (Act No. 29 of 2016) stipulates in Article 12, Paragraph 1 that measures for the use of the Adult Guardianship System shall be comprehensively and systematically promoted through the formulation of a "Basic Plan to Promote the Use of the Adult Guardianship System." In addition, Article 13, Paragraph 2 of the Act provides for the establishment of an "Expert Council to Promote the Use of the Adult Guardianship System" to monitor and evaluate the progress of the measures set forth in the basic plan and to consider necessary responses for the comprehensive and systematic implementation of measures related to the promotion of the use of the adult guardianship system.
The Basic Plan's "First Phase Plan," covering the period from FY 2017 to FY 2021, was implemented to improve the operation of the Adult Guardianship System, create a community collaboration network for individual advocacy, and improve the environment for the use of the Adult Guardianship System. However, it was still considered insufficient in some areas. Therefore, the Cabinet approved the "Second Phase Plan" on March 25, 2022, covering the five years from FY2022 to FY2026.
Under the Second Phase Plan, the MHLW established three working groups under the "Expert Council to Promote the Use of the Adult Guardianship System." Each working group will consider the following matters:
(1) Working Group to Explore Comprehensive Support Measures for Individual AdvocacyThis working group explores comprehensive measures for individual advocacy, such as:
(2) Working Group to Improve the Operation of the Adult Guardianship SystemThis working group studies the reckoning of appropriate remuneration, promotion of remuneration subsidies, and others, including:
(3) Working Group on Community Collaboration NetworkThis working group studies matters related to difficult cases, such as:
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For more information, please visit the website below.
https://www.mhlw.go.jp/stf/shingi2/0000212875_00007.html