One way of dealing with the shortage of doctors in nursing homes is to utilize nurse practitioners, or NPs. A new study looked at the effects of placing NPs in one nursing home in Japan. Programs ...

KITAKYUSHU, Japan — Once a week, Rena Shinohara heads off to work, clocking in for a shift at a job one could say she was born to do. Rena, 18 months, is a baby worker at a Japanese nursing home, ...

There is an unexpected noise echoing through the halls of the Ichoan Nursing Home in Japan these days — the sound of toddler giggles. The nursing home began "employing" toddlers to raise the spirits ...

Japan's growing demand for caregivers is reshaping global healthcare migration patterns, drawing attention from countries ...