Considering BCP (Business Continuity Plan) for Nursing Homes as an Extension of Their Original Services

Graduate School of Disaster Resilience and Governance

Professor Ryosuke Aota

A BCP for nursing homes to protect vulnerable populations by reducing potential harm is important. Under the guidance of the government, all nursing homes have created BCPs, but whether they are practical or not remains questionable. There is a perception that disaster prevention is a separate issue and a hurdle for welfare professionals. However, since the mission to protect lives is common, we have been guiding a nursing care facility for three years in developing a BCP by considering disaster prevention as an extension of the original welfare work. We are working on a theoretical framework of the results obtained there so that they can be applied to other facilities as well.