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Licensing and training requirements for direct care workers in Japan — what can the United States and Japan learn from each other?
Author(s)	Yoshiko Yamada, Minobu Sekiya
Journal title	Journal of Aging & Social Policy, vol 15, no 4, 2003
Pages	pp 113-129
Source	http://www.tandfonline.com
Keywords	Care home staff ; Registration eg homes, nursing homes ; Training [welfare work] ; United States of America ; Japan.
Annotation	Shortages of direct care workers have been of concern both in the United States and in Japan. This article compares issues surrounding long-term care provisions in the two countries, and introduces Japan's unique licensure and certificate system for direct care workers. Japan has established three levels of direct care worker certificates and a direct care licensure, which can be potentially used as a career ladder. Studies show that this system has resulted in different work conditions and benefits between the different levels, but has had a limited impact on hourly wage and task differentiation. Implications for the US are also discussed. (KJ/RH).
Accession Number	CPA-040308206 A
Classmark	QRM: Q3: QW: 7T: 7DT
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