New Business Development Promotion Division, Education and Digital Services Section
Daisuke Fujita

Report on- Exchange Meeting to Install Nursing Care Lifts at the Special Needs Schools!

Date and Time: Saturday, November 30, 2024
         10:00-12:00 Networking session (combination of online and real-time, held at Pacific Supply head office)
         13:00-16:30 Trial session (real-time at head office)


As a special edition of the "Molift Holders Meeting" held once every six months, we organized a networking event focused on special needs schools, where the number of installation cases has been increasing recently. The meeting provided an opportunity for the people who are interested in nursing lifts to deepen their understanding. We had presentations from two special needs schools and 30 people participated the session.

In addition, we also held a transfer lift trial session at our head office (Osaka) in the afternoon. At the trial session, participants were able to confirm the features of each lift model and how to actually operate them. 

Participants: From 13 prefectures nationwide.
Participants affiliation: Elementary schools, Special needs schools, Hospitals, Universities, Government ministries, Care facilities.
Participants occupation: Physical therapists, Occupational therapists, Students etc.

Presentation 1 "Lifts are great!"
Ms. Maiko Hashimoto
Head Teacher, Osaka Prefectural Hirano Special Needs School 

Presentation 2: "Safe and Secure Transfer Support Project - Practice by a Multidisciplinary Team"  
Ms. Yoko Fujino
Principal, Osaka Prefectural Higashiosaka Special Needs School
Presentation content assistance provided by Yoshihiko Sakashita, Masatake Kojima, and Hisashi Oishi 

Presentation 3: Introducing subscription services and online contents
Pacific Supply

Summary 

In the case study of special-needs school, it was confirmed that not only the burden of the teachers and staff on the caregiver side was reduced, but also positive changes were seen in the students who were not on the caregiver side, and that this would lead to the introduction of the system at home.

In addition, the participants were interested in the question of how the use of care lifts could be established in schools with limited budgets and environment. The presenters explained the process of introducing care lifts in schools and how the use of care lifts was expanded by teachers and staff in schools, and this information was used as a reference to solve problems.