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Welfare shelters (Special evacuation sites)
Last Updated May 30, 2024
For those who have difficulty evacuating at evacuation shelter or at home in the event of a large-scale disaster, Yokohama City has entered into agreements with social welfare facilities in the city and has positioned it as a special evacuation sites.
From April 2018, the name will be changed to "Welfare Evacuation Center", which is widely used nationwide.
1 What is Welfare Evacuation Center (Special evacuation sites)
If you are unable to live at home due to a large-scale disaster, you will have to live an evacuation life in evacuation shelter, such as elementary and junior high schools in the city.
evacuation shelter is supposed to secure space for those who need assistance, such as the elderly, disabled children, pregnant women, infants, and other persons who have difficulty in evacuation life in gymnasiums, etc., are required to secureevacuation shelter.
2 Evacuation to welfare evacuation centers
For those who have difficulty maintaining their lives in evacuation shelter or at home and need special consideration.
Professionals (public health nurses) check the situation of the person and the presence or absence of certification for long-term care, and determine the necessity of evacuation to a welfare evacuation center.
- Since welfare shelters play the necessary functions and roles, those who are not judged to be eligible cannot evacuate.
- Welfare shelters are not always established immediately after a disaster occurs.
- In principle, travel from evacuation shelter should be moved by the person or family.
3 Target facilities
Social welfare facilities that have concluded an agreement with the ward office are eligible. (Elderly facilities for the elderly, facilities for the disabled, community care plazas, etc.)
4 Q&A
Q: What kind of facility is a welfare shelter? What kind of equipment and support are available?
A: It is social welfare facility such as facilities for the elderly, facilities for the disabled, and community care plazas that have concluded an agreement with the ward office.
In an environment where people in need of assistance can easily live, such as facilities being barrier-free, you can receive support as much as possible according to the situation of the facility.
Even welfare shelters, you will have to live an evacuation life while helping each other in cooperation with the surrounding evacuees.
Q: When will the welfare shelter be opened? Who can evacuate?
A: Welfare shelters are not always established immediately after a disaster occurs.
The ward office will request the establishment in order from the facilities where safety has been confirmed and the operation has been prepared.
In order to make effective use of limited resources, it is necessary to identify the situation of people requiring assistance after the disaster and evacuate from the highest priority.
Q: What are the criteria for accepting welfare shelters? Who decides how and how?
A: As welfare shelters are limited, it is difficult to accept all eligible people in need of assistance at once.
Professionals (public health nurses) determine who need more assistance from those who have evacuated to evacuation shelter (or from information on people requiring assistance collected in evacuation shelter).
Based on the judgment of professionals, the ward office decides who to accept at which welfare shelter.
5 Agreement facilities for concluding agreements
Facility type | Name | Location |
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Community care plaza | Yokohama City Shiota Community Care Plaza | 4-171-23, Honchodori, Tsurumi-ku |
Yokohama City Yamukai Community Care Plaza | 4-32-11, Yakou, Tsurumi-ku | |
Yokohama City Terao Community Care Plaza | 6-37-14, Higashiterao, Tsurumi-ku | |
Yokohama To Terao Community Care Plaza | 1-12-3, Higashiterao, Tsurumi-ku | |
Yokohama City Komaoka Community Care Plaza | 4-28-5, Komaoka, Tsurumi-ku | |
Yokohama City Tsurumi Market Community Care Plaza | 11-5, Ichibashimocho, Tsurumi-ku | |
Yokohama City Tsurumi Chuo Community Care Plaza | 1-23-26, Tsurumichuo, Tsurumi-ku | |
Yokohama City Rawberry Community Care Plaza | 4-6-4, Namamugi, Tsurumi-ku | |
Baba Community Care Plaza, Yokohama | 7-11-23, Baba, Tsurumi-ku | |
Nursing home for the elderly ※1 | New Tsurumi Home | 2-42, Egasakicho, Tsurumi-ku |
Yamayuri Home | 2-15-18, Shishigaya, Tsurumi-ku | |
Shoju no Sato Tsurumi | 2-1, Egasakicho, Tsurumi-ku | |
Wakatake Tsurumi | 1-4-20, Yakou, Tsurumi-ku | |
Newbird Shishigaya | 3-10-8, Shishigaya, Tsurumi-ku | |
Shoju no Sato Ono | 4-145-18 Shimotani, Tsurumi Ward | |
Community Activities Home for Persons with Disabilities | Local activity home contact | 4-5-37, Namamugi, Tsurumi-ku |
Local activities home Motomiya | 2-4-78, Motomiya, Tsurumi-ku | |
Tsurumi community activity home trunk | 4-21-20, Kitaterao, Tsurumi-ku | |
Welfare center for the elderly | Tsurujuso | 4-39-1, Baba, Tsurumi-ku |
Recreation training facilities for the elderly | Fureyu | 1-15-2, Suehirocho, Tsurumi-ku |
Nursing care facilities for the elderly | Ushioda Old Health and Relax | 1-6-20, Yakou, Tsurumi-ku |
Support facilities for persons with disabilities | Hope | 1-14-18, Yakou, Tsurumi-ku |
Life Support Center for Mentally Handicapped | Tsurumi Ward Life Support Center | 28-4, Toyookacho, Tsurumi-ku |
※1 In the event of a large-scale disaster, those who have been certified by The Long-term Care Insurance in the event of a large-scale disaster, who have difficulty living in evacuation shelter or at home and need assistance from facility staff, Emergency entrance may be accepted.
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Tsurumi Ward General Affairs Department General Affairs Division
Phone: 045-510-1653
Phone: 045-510-1653
Fax: 045-510-1889
Email address: tr-somu@city.yokohama.jp
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