Kaigo Fukushishi Study Materials

Respecting dignity, independence, and the right to self-determination: normalisation, the ICF model, adult guardianship, and prevention of elder abuse.

The role and professional ethics of the kaigo fukushishi, interprofessional teamwork, infection prevention, body mechanics, and risk management in everyday work.

How Japan's long-term care insurance works: who is insured, how the care-needs certification （要介護認定） process works, which services are covered, and how much users pay.

Biestek’s seven principles, Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, Erikson’s developmental tasks, assertive communication, supervision, and preventing burnout.

Verbal and nonverbal communication in kaigo: active listening, empathy, techniques for hearing impairment, visual impairment, aphasia, and tidy team reporting.

Why falls are so dangerous for older people, risk factors from the body and the home environment, how to arrange a safe living space, and accident prevention when bathing and eating.

The brain and autonomic nerves, the five stages of swallowing, frailty vs sarcopenia vs locomotive syndrome, homeostasis, and the body-system basics most often tested.

How body functions change with age: vision and hearing, bones and muscles, temperature regulation and body fluids — and what this means for everyday care.

The four most frequently tested types of dementia (Alzheimer's, vascular, Lewy body, frontotemporal), the difference between core symptoms and BPSD, and the principles of person-centered care.

Physical, intellectual, developmental, and mental disabilities: their main characteristics, the disability handbooks, the social model, and the right direction of support.

How to read temperature, pulse, breathing, and blood pressure; why a person's usual values matter more than textbook numbers; danger signs that must be reported immediately; and the scope of medical acts for care workers.

The four stages of the care process 介護過程 (assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation), the ICF way of thinking about life functions, and how a ケアプラン differs from each service's own care plan.

How to tackle integrated case questions: reading the case vignette, setting priorities, and choosing answers that are safe while respecting the user’s wishes.