영유아와 초등자녀의 긴급돌봄 수요 분석과 제도화 방안 연구

Abstract

The gap in care that occurs because there is no place to leave children in emergency situations is pointed out as a representative difficulty in raising children. However, because emergency care cannot be predicted, its scale is unknown, and it is required temporarily, there are aspects that have been overlooked in policy. Emergency care demand is distinct from routine and regularly occurring niche care, so separate institutionalization is required. In this study, a survey was conducted on 1,565 households with infants and elementary school children under the age of 8 to identify care needs in urgent situations, and in interviews were conducted with a total of 23 people. In interviews were conducted with 21 service operators of 6 types to understand the difficulties in providing emergency care support to service organizations. In addition, we identified the current status of emergency care support systems and projects in Japan and local governments, and analyzed the details of support. Based on the analysis, the conceptualization and support principles of emergency care, and service support measures for each emergency reason and target were proposed. Reasons for emergency care can be categorized as 1) a sick child, 2) urgent work situation in a dual-income household using an institution, 3) absence of the primary caregiver in an in-home care household. In detail, first, establish a legal basis for the ‘Emergency Care Support Project for Sick Children’.Second, for households using institutions such as those in urgent work situations, strengthen emergency care support for households using daycare centers and kindergartens, strengthen emergency care support for local children's centers and care centers, strengthen Idolbom service linkage, and provide emergency care center is required. Emergency care for in-home care households proposed priority support targets and restrictions on the period of use of temporary child care, improvement of accessibility to information on temporary Idolbom service, and differentiation of the functions of temporary child care.