Elderly people with dementia watching cooperation shop

As the population ages year by year, the number of elderly people with dementia continues to increase, and the number of elderly people with dementia in Yokohama is expected to reach 200,000 by 2025, when the baby boomers will be 75 years or older.
Kanagawa Ward aims to be a community development where people with dementia and their families can shop with peace of mind, and to increase the number of shops and offices where people with dementia and their families can shop with peace of mind.

Kanagawa Ward recognizes shops and offices with at least one employee who attended the Dementia Supporter Training Course (accredited by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare) to learn the correct knowledge and specific responses to dementia.
If you have any requests for a course, please contact your local community care plaza / Regional Comprehensive Support Center or the ward office Elderly and Disabled Support Division.

(As of November 21, 2023)

• If a person with dementia or their families are in trouble, warm calls and watching over will lead to improved customer service and image enhancement.
• The store name is posted on the homepage of the Kanagawa Ward Office and can be publicized as an "elderly-friendly shop".
• When familiar people have dementia, they will be able to take appropriate measures.

1. We take "dementia supporter training course" (we can register if we have attended after April, 2015).
2. Fill out and submit required items on the “Registration Form (word: 22KB)”.
3. A "certificate" and a "special sticker" will be issued.
4. The name of the store will be posted on the Kanagawa Ward website (only the cooperating stores you wish).

With comprehensive certification, ward performs comprehensive authorization for plural establishments that have been authorized by watching cooperation shop within certain range.

Rokukakubashi Shopping Street (outside site) has been certified as "Mimamori Shopping Street".
(Because more than 30% of the shopping district member stores have been certified as "Mimamori Cooperation Stores", they have been certified as "Mimamori Shopping Street.")