Today's Close-Up S2025E41 - Redefining Life With Dementia: New Opportunities in the Workplace

With one in 3.5 older people in Japan now living with dementia or pre-dementia, the country is shifting from a care-only mindset to inclusion, putting people to work by matching them with roles they can do and redesigning public spaces and tools around their needs. From stores that let workers "do what they can" to developing safer stoves and clearer signage, we show how ability-focused support eases family strain, tackles labor shortages and lets people keep their identity and purpose.

Guests: Fujishima Takehiko (Care worker with dementia)
Hotta Satoko (Professor, Graduate School of Health Management, Keio University)