[Sendai] Aino-mi Secures 10 Hospital Beds. Starts Medical Short-Stay with Overnight Accommodation. Families of Individuals Requiring Medical Care Finally Have the 'Option to Leave Them Overnight'.
Social Welfare Corporation Aino-mi has secured 10 hospital beds to start an overnight medical short-stay facility, providing a much-needed respite option for families of people requiring daily medical care in Miyagi.
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Social Welfare Corporation Aino-mi has received approval and permission to use 10 general hospital beds at "Aino-mi Clinic" from Miyagi Prefecture and Sendai City. Concurrently, "Short-Stay Aino-mi Strawberry" has started a medical short-stay with overnight accommodation from April 2026.
A new community infrastructure has begun to operate to support the home life of children and adults requiring medical care and their families.
What changes for the families
Ventilators, sputum suction, tube feeding, oxygen management.
In households supporting children and adults who require daily medical care, the reality is that it's difficult for families to secure time to rest peacefully. An overnight short-stay is not just a daycare. It is an important foundation that supports caregiver rest, preparation for sudden changes or emergencies, sibling support, and the continuation of home life.
"Aino-mi Strawberry" was opened as a medical short-stay in April 2023, accumulating daytime use. Now, by securing hospital beds, overnight use has become possible. For the time being, it will be operated gradually, prioritizing safety with a small number of people, on limited days of the week, 1 to 2 times a month.
Why it is needed now
According to Miyagi Prefecture's Reiwa 7 (2025) "Survey Results on the Status of Children Requiring Medical Care, etc.," there are 886 children/adults requiring medical care in the prefecture. On the other hand, as organized in Aino-mi's business plan, as of December 2024, the number of available beds for medical short-stay in Miyagi Prefecture was only 30. Of those, 17 were "empty bed utilization types," which are easily affected by hospitalization status, making planned use difficult.
Even in our corporate survey, 100% of the 49 valid respondents wish to use an overnight short-stay.
The significance of Aino-mi taking on 10 out of 44 beds in Miyagi Prefecture
According to the latest acceptance status, there are 44 medical short-stay beds in Miyagi Prefecture. Among them, "Aino-mi Strawberry" handles 10 independent beds. The ratio to the current 44 beds is about 22.7%. Out of the 14 beds increased from the 30 beds as of December 2024, it accounts for 10 beds, meaning its contribution to the increase is about 71.4%.
Also, in the acceptance status table, "Aino-mi Strawberry" is organized as an office capable of handling various medical care such as ventilators, tracheostomies, oxygen use, sputum suction, and tube feeding for both children and adults. In a region where available facilities are easily narrowed down by age and medical dependence, the significance of adding an independent 10-bed hub is not small.
Aino-mi Strawberry (from the facility courtyard)
Background to realization
This overnight function was not established simply by expanding welfare services. It is a mechanism that secures "hospital beds" under the Medical Care Act and uses those facilities to provide "medical short-stay" under the Comprehensive Support for Persons with Disabilities Act. It was a highly difficult initiative requiring understanding and coordination of both medical and welfare systems.
Aino-mi proceeded with the establishment of beds through consultations with relevant medical associations, regional medical coordination meetings, and applications to Miyagi Prefecture. From Miyagi Prefecture, in response to a prior consultation request dated July 7, 2025, we received a notification of approval for "10 general beds (10 chronic care beds)" exactly as requested on January 8, 2026. Subsequently, in response to the application dated March 12, 2026, we received a notification of issuance of a clinic use permit from the Director of the Sendai City Public Health Center on March 26, 2026.
Social significance amidst the flow of hospital bed policy
Recent medical policies are not moving towards increasing hospital beds infinitely, but rather advancing functional differentiation and coordination based on the regional medical vision.
On the other hand, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare clearly states that the promotion of the regional medical vision "does not mean reducing or consolidating hospital beds as a premise." Even in Miyagi Prefecture's publication, the required number of beds in the Sendai medical area in 2025 is shown as 2,505 chronic care beds.
Within this context, Aino-mi's 10 beds are not just a simple increase in beds.
It is a receptacle that responds to a regional issue that is hard to capture with just the existing 4 functional categories: short-term stays for people requiring medical care. It contributes to avoiding unnecessary long-term hospitalizations, strengthening home support, and effectively utilizing regional medical resources, holding the potential to become a new regional support model through medical and welfare collaboration.
Social Welfare Corporation Aino-mi will grow the medical short-stay with overnight accommodation into an option that can actually be used when needed. Respite, emergency response, and continuation of home life. As a foundation supporting these three pillars, we will continue to support the lives of people requiring medical care and their families in the community.
Aino-mi Clinic
Aino-mi Clinic is recruiting doctors. Please contact us for details such as employment conditions. (Social Welfare Corporation Aino-mi Headquarters Office: 022-785-9440)
Medical Short-Stay
A disability welfare service where children and adults with disabilities who need medical care can stay for a short period in an environment with a medical system.
Medical Care
Refers to medical support continuously needed in daily life, such as sputum suction, tube feeding, and oxygen management.
Respite
Relief from caregiving and supervision.
A new community infrastructure has begun to operate to support the home life of children and adults requiring medical care and their families.
What changes for the families
Ventilators, sputum suction, tube feeding, oxygen management.
In households supporting children and adults who require daily medical care, the reality is that it's difficult for families to secure time to rest peacefully. An overnight short-stay is not just a daycare. It is an important foundation that supports caregiver rest, preparation for sudden changes or emergencies, sibling support, and the continuation of home life.
"Aino-mi Strawberry" was opened as a medical short-stay in April 2023, accumulating daytime use. Now, by securing hospital beds, overnight use has become possible. For the time being, it will be operated gradually, prioritizing safety with a small number of people, on limited days of the week, 1 to 2 times a month.
Why it is needed now
According to Miyagi Prefecture's Reiwa 7 (2025) "Survey Results on the Status of Children Requiring Medical Care, etc.," there are 886 children/adults requiring medical care in the prefecture. On the other hand, as organized in Aino-mi's business plan, as of December 2024, the number of available beds for medical short-stay in Miyagi Prefecture was only 30. Of those, 17 were "empty bed utilization types," which are easily affected by hospitalization status, making planned use difficult.
Even in our corporate survey, 100% of the 49 valid respondents wish to use an overnight short-stay.
The significance of Aino-mi taking on 10 out of 44 beds in Miyagi Prefecture
According to the latest acceptance status, there are 44 medical short-stay beds in Miyagi Prefecture. Among them, "Aino-mi Strawberry" handles 10 independent beds. The ratio to the current 44 beds is about 22.7%. Out of the 14 beds increased from the 30 beds as of December 2024, it accounts for 10 beds, meaning its contribution to the increase is about 71.4%.
Also, in the acceptance status table, "Aino-mi Strawberry" is organized as an office capable of handling various medical care such as ventilators, tracheostomies, oxygen use, sputum suction, and tube feeding for both children and adults. In a region where available facilities are easily narrowed down by age and medical dependence, the significance of adding an independent 10-bed hub is not small.
Aino-mi Strawberry (from the facility courtyard)
Background to realization
This overnight function was not established simply by expanding welfare services. It is a mechanism that secures "hospital beds" under the Medical Care Act and uses those facilities to provide "medical short-stay" under the Comprehensive Support for Persons with Disabilities Act. It was a highly difficult initiative requiring understanding and coordination of both medical and welfare systems.
Aino-mi proceeded with the establishment of beds through consultations with relevant medical associations, regional medical coordination meetings, and applications to Miyagi Prefecture. From Miyagi Prefecture, in response to a prior consultation request dated July 7, 2025, we received a notification of approval for "10 general beds (10 chronic care beds)" exactly as requested on January 8, 2026. Subsequently, in response to the application dated March 12, 2026, we received a notification of issuance of a clinic use permit from the Director of the Sendai City Public Health Center on March 26, 2026.
Social significance amidst the flow of hospital bed policy
Recent medical policies are not moving towards increasing hospital beds infinitely, but rather advancing functional differentiation and coordination based on the regional medical vision.
On the other hand, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare clearly states that the promotion of the regional medical vision "does not mean reducing or consolidating hospital beds as a premise." Even in Miyagi Prefecture's publication, the required number of beds in the Sendai medical area in 2025 is shown as 2,505 chronic care beds.
Within this context, Aino-mi's 10 beds are not just a simple increase in beds.
It is a receptacle that responds to a regional issue that is hard to capture with just the existing 4 functional categories: short-term stays for people requiring medical care. It contributes to avoiding unnecessary long-term hospitalizations, strengthening home support, and effectively utilizing regional medical resources, holding the potential to become a new regional support model through medical and welfare collaboration.
Social Welfare Corporation Aino-mi will grow the medical short-stay with overnight accommodation into an option that can actually be used when needed. Respite, emergency response, and continuation of home life. As a foundation supporting these three pillars, we will continue to support the lives of people requiring medical care and their families in the community.
Aino-mi Clinic
Aino-mi Clinic is recruiting doctors. Please contact us for details such as employment conditions. (Social Welfare Corporation Aino-mi Headquarters Office: 022-785-9440)
Medical Short-Stay
A disability welfare service where children and adults with disabilities who need medical care can stay for a short period in an environment with a medical system.
Medical Care
Refers to medical support continuously needed in daily life, such as sputum suction, tube feeding, and oxygen management.
Respite
Relief from caregiving and supervision.