Observational study demonstrates improved integration of meaningful occupations for disaster victims in non-affected areas, suggesting effective support strategies.
Great East Japan Earthquake that hit Japan in March 2011, the author has been actively meeting the needs during times of disaster in Nagano City, a region that was not directly aff ected by the earthquake disaster. The rehabilitation network formed by occupational therapists and physiotherapists in 2011 continues to be active in the form of temporary housing for nuclear accident evacuees in Nihonmatsu City, Fukushima. Through occupation-based programs being conducted as part of these activities, victims have demonstrated a change; they are beginning to incorporate the meaningful occupation they performed before the disaster back into their lives.
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