Meeting centers in Japan began on July 19th, 2021. Tomyuki Yabuki, Associate professor and manager of the Center for Dementia Care Research and Practices at Tohoku Fukushi University in Sendai in Japan, received a national research grant to start up and evaluate 10 model Meeting Centres in Japan.
Meeting Center Tsubasa
Organization: Miyagi Branch of the Association of Families with Dementia
Contact person: Eiko Wako
Contact: 2F Miyagi Social Welfare Hall, 3-7-4 Honmachi, Aoba-ku, Sendai City,980-0014
Place of the meeting: Nankodai Civic Center, Izumi-ku, Sendai City
Frequency: 1st and 3rd Thursday of every month
That was a success, from 2023, it is planned in about 300 municipalities and municipal governments throughout Japan.
Meeting Center Tamoni
Organization: Specified Nonprofit Corporation Community Support Net
Contact person: Tomofumi Matsubara
Contact: 2F ALPA, 3-5 Chuo, Komagane City, Nagano, 399-4112
Place of the meeting: Tsudoi no Ie (a.k.a. House of Gathering)
Frequency: once a month
Meeting Center Uji
Organization: Uji City Welfare Service Public Corporation
Contact person: Yuichiro jawakita
Contact: 1-3 Uji-Biwa, Uji City,611-0021
Place of the meeting: Held at various locations
Frequency: once a month
Omuta Meeting Center
Organization: Social Welfare Corporation Araigusa-kai Small-Scale Multifunctional Home Takatori-no-ie
Contact person: Yuki Umesaki,
Shinpei Saruwatari
Contact: 4-185 Rekiki, Omuta City,837-0924
Place of the meeting: Held at various locations
Frequency: once a month
Meeting Center Medaka no Kai
Organization: Social Welfare Service Corporation Shinseijukai Mushroom Community Collaboration Office
Contact person: Yuta Suzuki
Contact: 2-14-3 Kojimachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo,102-0083
Place of the meeting: Mushroom Café
Frequency: once a month
Meeting Center Nago Motto
Organization: Community Support Section, Community Welfare Division, Imizu City
Contact person: Community Support Section, Community Welfare Division, Imizu City
Contact: 410-1, Shindaihatsu, Imizu City, Toyama Prefecture,939-0294
Place of the meeting: Emergency Medicine Citizen Exchange Plaza
1F Kitchen Studio
Frequency: once a month
Parking Center Iizuka
Organization: Medical Corporation Toyonagakai Iizuka Memorial Hospital Fukuoka Dementia Medical Center
Contact person: Sekimi Egashira
Contact: 1452-2 Tsurumio, IizukaCity, Fukuoka,820-0014
Place of the meeting: Medical Corporation Toyonagakai Iizuka Memorial Hospital Fukuoka Dementia Medical Center
Frequency: once a month
Borderless with dementia
Organization: borderless with dementia
Contact person: Fumiki Kito
Contact: Nakamura Ward, Nagoya City
Place of the meeting: Nagoya City
Frequency: once a month
Meeting Center Yomokai
Organization: Iwaki City Health and Welfare Department, Community Comprehensive Care Promotion Division, Project Promotion Section
Contact person: Iwaki City Health and Welfare Department, Community Comprehensive Care Promotion Division, Project Promotion Section
Contact: General Health and Welfare Center 191 Yomokida, Kosaka-cho, Uchigo, Iwaki-shi, Fukushima,973-8408
Place of the meeting: General Health and Welfare Center 3F Nutrition Guidance Room
Frequency: once a month
Meeting Center Hiratsuka
Organization: General Incorporated Association Eijuan SHIGETA House Project
Contact person: Kosuke Uehara
Contact: SHIGETA House Project, 28-27 Tachino-cho, HiratsukaCity, Kanagawa,254-0046
Place of the meeting: SHIGETA House
Frequency: once a month
You can see detailed case studies on their special website (Japanese). https://www.dcnet.gr.jp/support/research/center/meeting_center_support/#
The evaluation of the first 10 meeting centers was a huge success! From 2023, it is planned in about 1700 municipalities and municipal governments throughout Japan.