Director General tile version October 2014 (Message from Director General)

Prior to the day of respect for the aged on September 15, a congratulatory letter from the Prime Minister, a silver cup, a message from the Prime Minister, etc. were sent to those who turned 100 in 2014 in the ward. There are 49 people in the city who are 100 years old. Twenty years ago, in 1994, there was no one over 100 years old in the ward. At that time, at the age of 100, he was a long-lived Yokozuna. Currently, we do not create longevity numbers due to personal information, but even if we do so, there are more than 100 people in the ward who are 100 years old or older, so if you are 100 years old, you will not enter the Makuuchi I think it is. Indeed, I feel like I have a glimpse of one aspect of a longevity society. Some of the people who visited the celebration of longevity were very fine, such as being able to hear various stories such as old stories. I think it would be really wonderful if I could live healthy and long life like this person. Now that we have become a long-lived society, healthy and long-lived society is a major theme. Yokohama City aims to be the best healthy life expectancy in Japan. Healthy life expectancy refers to the period during which you can live without restriction on your daily life due to health problems such as illness and nursing care. The average life expectancy of Yokohama citizens is 80.42 years for men and 86.98 for women, but the healthy life expectancy is significantly different from 70.98 years and 75.65, respectively.

Difference between healthy life expectancy and average life expectancy

It is said that locomo prevention is important to extend healthy life expectancy. Locomo is an abbreviation of Locomotive Syndrome, which refers to a situation in which the ability to move, such as "standing, sitting, walking" is reduced due to muscle weakness and bone and joint diseases. Say.
Kanagawa Ward Locomo Prevention Lecture was held on September 30 to let people know about Locomo. Approximately 200 participants listened enthusiastically, including medical lectures by Dr. Okamoto of Orthopaedic surgery, Okuchi Higashi General Hospital, and locomo prevention training and locomo level test by health exercise instructor Takagaki.

[Medical Course by Dr. Okamoto]

[Locomo degree test by applicants]

In particular, Mr. Takagaki's training to effectively build muscle strength, he enjoyed it with the participants at the venue, and many people learned locomo prevention training.

[Locomo Prevention Training by Mr. Takagaki, a health athlete]

[Participants at the venue also moved together]

Approximately 40% of the causes of nursing care certification are due to locomo, such as "fractures and falls" and "debilitation due to old age".
On Thursday, December 11, the Kanagawa Ward Office will introduce “Hamatre”, a locomo prevention training, and hold a “Hamatre Course” for practical skills. If you are interested in locomo prevention, please apply to the ward office Elderly and Disabled Support Division.
Why don't you participate in the "Hamatre Course" and "Yokohama Walking Point" and work on locomo prevention, why don't you make a body that can walk well for a lifetime?

October, 2014
Tomomi Ninomiya, Chief of Kanagawa