The population of Kamakura City in 2017 is 176,466, and the percentage of population aged 65 and over is 30.5%. The population of 2019 is expected to be 176,135 and the percentage of population aged 65 and over is expected to be 30.8%. In this ageing trend, enhancement of services for the elderly is required now and in the future.
From this perspective, Kamakura City is implementing policies for the elderly to achieve our goal, “Creation of a society where people support each other to live a healthy life in familiar community,” based on the principle of creating communities full of humanity.
In this context, we emphasis on promoting a community-based integrated care system and dementia strategies, and for this purpose we are providing various services.
In addition, for the elderly to age in place, it is important to provide them with medical, nursing care and welfare services across the divisions, so we are also building a framework for this purpose.
Kamakura City is located in the Miura Peninsula area, southeast of Kanagawa Prefecture, where municipalities have a close relationship. Kamakura City with other 4 municipalities in this area together stated “the declaration of the peninsula that improve ME-BYO” at the Miura Peninsula Summit, and has implemented various projects to improve ME-BYO.
In order to make Kamakura City more age-friendly, we accelerate our efforts with Kanagawa Prefectural Government and other municipalities in this area aiming at extending healthy life expectancy. Also, we will listen to the needs of the elderly, the opinions of citizens and experts, and reflect these factors on policies. And by linking with the comprehensive plan of Kamakura City, we will implement age-friendly projects in various fields.
(ME-BYO: Rather than regarding health and illness as being mutually exclusive, the concept of ME-BYO views a person’s mental and physical condition as continuously changing along a spectrum between health and illness).