At Leprosy sanatorium, the residents' homes are divided into a general dormitory (health building) and Facility for the disabled (center). Facility for the disabled is home to residents who require nursing care due to worsening after-effects, complications, aging, etc. The level of inconvenience varies, from those who can live on their own with a little help from staff, to those who require assistance with everything such as eating and toileting. Our staff members provide assistance with daily living and work to add excitement to what can often become a monotonous life through recreation and other activities. Facility for the disabled is a place where people who are working hard to survive no matter how disabled they are live, where the people who support them work, and where they have an environment that allows them to do so.

In the past, patients at Leprosy sanatorium provided care and nursing care for Dormitory for the disabled (now facility for the disabled). In order to convert them into staff members, residents engaged in many years of campaigns, including the June 5 Struggle in 1964. As a result of these efforts, we have succeeded in making nursing care staff staff, converting rooms that used to be shared into private rooms, and improving equipment. At first glance, today's Facility for the disabled may seem like a very well-equipped environment, but it has taken a great deal of effort by the residents to get to this point.

The average age of residents of Leprosy sanatorium is over 80 years old, and it is expected that more and more people will move to Facility for the disabled in the future. It is becoming a place for residents to spend their final moments, and its importance will continue to grow.

Learning about Facility for the disabled and its residents will deepen your understanding of current Leprosy recovered persons and sanatoriums based on history, and will give you an opportunity to think about the future. In this exhibition, which marks the 50th anniversary of the June 5th Struggle, we will introduce the little-known conditions inside Facility for the disabled. We look forward to your visit.