2024.04.10
Tomonori Kaneko (3rd year, Ph.D. program, Graduate School of Media and Governance), a member of Professor Takashi Iba's laboratory at the Faculty of Policy Management, has won the Divisional Award in the OPEN IDEA Division at the OPEN CARE PROJECT AWARD 2023.
The OPEN CARE PROJECT AWARD 2023 is an award sponsored by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry's OPEN CARE PROJECT. Its goal is to "transform long-term care from a 'personal issue' to a 'topic for everyone' by addressing it from a more positive perspective through episodes and case studies, increasing its visibility in society, and visualizing the reality of long-term care to solve related issues with the involvement of various industries."
Submissions were accepted in three divisions: the OPEN EPISODE Division, the OPEN ACTION Division, and the OPEN IDEA Division. Mr. Kaneko's ""A Collection of Case Studies on 'Care for Living Together' for Everyone"" won the Divisional Award in the OPEN IDEA Division, which seeks new initiatives.
Comment from Tomonori Kaneko
I am greatly honored to receive the Divisional Award in the OPEN IDEA Division of the OPEN CARE PROJECT AWARD 2023.
Ten years have passed since I enrolled at SFC. Under the guidance of Professor Takashi Iba, I have pursued research from my undergraduate studies through to the Doctoral Programs, delving into a personal sense of challenge I first felt in high school. I am currently writing my doctoral dissertation, which will be the culmination of all my research.
Since the start of the Long-Term Care Insurance System in 2000, various initiatives have been undertaken across Japan with the goal of the "socialization of care," accumulating a wealth of practical knowledge. My research focuses not on the conventional relationship of "caring/being cared for," but on long-term care settings that realize a relationship of "living together." The idea that won this award aims to spread these "living together" initiatives from the field to society as a whole and to "socialize the practical knowledge of long-term care." I am truly delighted that this idea has been recognized.
I would like to express my deepest gratitude to my academic advisors, including Professor Iba, my fellow researchers, and all those involved who have supported me and this project on this journey. This award would not have been possible without your support, and I am sincerely grateful.
Encouraged by this, I will further advance my research and aim to contribute to society in the field of long-term care.
Source: General Affairs Section, Shonan Fujisawa Campus (SFC) Office