I make house visits every Thursday afternoon for patients with various hardships. Not a few elderly people live alone on small islands in the Seto Inland Sea. It is one of the social problems in Japan that the working-age people in the rural area have a tendency to move to big cities for work and financial benefits. Consequently, elderly people are left alone or with their partners. Some of those have physical problems and need assistance in every aspect of daily life. My house visit is a part of that assistance.
Today, the number of calls were smaller than usual and my colleague and I were able to take a coffee break during the house visit in a recently opened outdoor coffee shop on the island. The weather was clear and the scenery was great. The break was a real change of feeling.
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