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Japanese nursery for disabled children helps moms return to work english.kyodonews.net

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According to Komazaki, more than 90 percent of mothers with disabled children needing medical care at home in Japan are likely unable to return to work fulltime.
Since they started, Helen has provided care services for 76 children and Annie for 55, both in Tokyo, according to Florence.
The children, including Asahi, are each assigned a childcare worker who is responsible for their nurturing and basic medical care at home.
(Hiromi Kohira of nursery service Annie, which provides in-home childcare to disabled children, holds Asahi Watanabe at his home in Tokyo on Sept. 20, 2019.)
"The psychological hurdle is high for (trained) nursery staff to offer medical care and become entirely responsible for children who need such care," Komazaki said.