[dogsbody70]

Today on the UK news broadcast there seems to be ideas taken from the Japanese system regarding Welfare.

The suggestion is that people should volunteer and look after the elderly or those in need of some kind of care and support at home,

The idea is that if you voluntarily help to care for somebody you will get credits towards your own care when you will need it.

Apparently doing the shopping will not give as many credit points as actually helping inside the home,

does this really happen in Japan?


My japanese friend tells me that the welfare system in Japan is very poor.

she may be forced to return to Japan to care for her sick brother and sister in law because they cannot get any help themselves.

I wonder about the care of the elderly-- or the disabled in Japan.