Shimizu Clinic Home Care & Palliative Care
About
This clinic, located in Hodogaya Ward, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture, specializes in home medical care and palliative care with internal medicine as its primary specialty. While closed on Wednesdays, Sundays, and holidays, the clinic primarily conducts visit-based treatment. The clinic possesses high expertise in the field of home palliative care, having organized home palliative care study sessions hosted by Zaitaku Net Yokohama and conducted home palliative care research meetings. The clinic has attended the Family Doctor Cognitive Disorder Response Improvement Training hosted by the Yokohama Cognitive Disease Center, and has served as a lecturer at the Kanagawa Home Palliative Care Training held at the prefectural cancer center and the Cancer Home Care Basic Course hosted by the NPO Cancer Countermeasure Support Center Cancer Link Kanagawa, actively engaging in educational activities for local medical and nursing care professionals. Against this background, the clinic participated in the establishment of the Hodogaya-ku Home Medical Care Network and has held discussions on the protection of home care patients during disasters, contributing to the construction of the local medical system. In terms of facilities, barrier-free measures are implemented and English language support is available. Since June 2023, the clinic has supported online qualification verification and online billing. 24-hour emergency response is available as usual even during the year-end and New Year holiday period.
