Roundtable English, Japanese, French
Growing Old at Home in Japan: Issues that Long-Term Non-Japanese Residents are Facing [Atelier – discussion sur le thème « Vieillir au Japon : Les problèmes auxquels sont confrontés les résidents retraités non japonais » (en anglais – français – japonais)]
This round-table discussion will welcome non-Japanese residents who have made Japan their home and plan to spend the rest of their lives here together with professionals and volunteers working in elderly care. An international group of Kyoto residents plans to set up a support network and would like to reach out to more people, especially speakers of languages other than English or Japanese, and to find out the issues that people are dealing with and their concerns. The round-table discussion will be in English, Japanese, and French and will cover topics such as: i) living on a pension, ii) physical and mental health care, iii) social activities, iv) the kaigo 介護care system, v) examples of different types of care homes, vi) care services, vii) home hospice systems, and other topics that participants wish to raise. We want to work together to gather and share information, such as websites and books, and provide support for one another through this initial discussion and the network we create.
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I have been living in Kyoto for over 33 years and working at Kyoto Sangyo University for nearly 30 years. Although I am originally from the UK, and have lived in several countries, Kyoto is very much my home. As I approach retirement, I would like to be part of a support network together with other non-Japanese who are reaching the same stage of life in Kansai. English is my first language and my Japanese is passable, but language skills can fade with age and mental decline, so providing information and linguistic help for the aging is something I would like to work on with others. I would also like to organize outdoor activities, such as walking and hiking, while we can still enjoy such things!
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アートプロデューサー、MUZ ART PRODUCE代表、京都国際フランス学園理事 1970年大阪生まれ 京都教育大学 教育学部 特修美術学科 日本画専攻 卒業 美術教師をしながら日本画、映画の制作活動の後、現代美術ギャラリー、仏政府公式文化機関勤務等を経て2018年MUZ ART PRODUCEを設立。 過去に京都国際音楽フェスティヴァル、KYOTOGRAPHIE / KG＋実行委員、現在、ARTAOTA、FOTOZOFIO、Red Lineなどのアートイベント企画、ニュイ・ブランシュKYOTO、MIMOZA WAYS、京都文学レジデンシーなどの運営に携わっている。京都のフランス語圏の人々を中心に外国人のための老後の生活と社会との関わりをデザインする「HAPPY END PROJECT」を企画中。
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I have been living in Kyoto for 45 years and retired from Kyoto Seika University, Department of Humanities at the end of March 2020. I am currently working on a number of projects involving women artists, gender equality, and peace studies. Since retirement, I have become more involved with helping “senior” friends who are dealing with various kinds of health and “care” issues and have heard many say that there is a need for more dialogue and exchange. Through this workshop, I hope to help create a forum where we can share stories and practical information with others at this conference and with members of the Japan Association of Intercultural Families (国際結婚を考える会) who are exploring ways to spend their senior years in Japan.
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Je suis née dans le nord de la France, et suis venue au Japon il y a plus de 35 ans. J’ai passé la plus grande partie de ma vie d’adulte à Kyoto. Quand je parle de « rentrer à la maison », c’est tout naturellement à Kyoto que je pense. Quand nous attendions notre premier enfant, nous avons participé à un groupe de préparation à la naissance, anglophone et multiculturel, qui a été un grand soutien et grâce auquel nous avons noué des relations d’amitié de qualité qui durent encore maintenant. Il est très fort probable que nous restions au Japon après la retraite, et je pense qu’il y a un réel besoin d’un réseau multiculturel d’entraide pour « seniors », où nous pourrions partager des informations pratiques sur les démarches administratives, etc., et aussi organiser des activités sociales en commun.