Kyoto Tachibana University Establishes General Incorporated Association Kyoto Tachibana, Opens "Tachibana Home Care Station" on University Campus

Kyoto Tachibana Gakuen (Kyoto Tachibana Educational Foundation) has established the General Incorporated Association Kyoto Tachibana (Yamashina Ward, Kyoto City; Representative Director: Yoshiko Kajitani; Date of Establishment: November 21, 2025 (Fri)) with the aim of contributing to regional healthcare. The association will open the "Tachibana Home Care Station" within the Kyoto Tachibana University campus on July 1, 2026 (Wed). This initiative is designed to meet the growing demand for home healthcare in the Yamashina area and to serve as a new hub integrating the university's education and research with medical practice.

Kyoto City has a high number of individuals requiring support or care, approximately 100,000 people, leading to an increasing demand for home healthcare. Meanwhile, in the areas surrounding the university, including Yamashina Ward, there are relatively few home care providers, posing a challenge due to a shortage of regional healthcare professionals. In response to this situation, the General Incorporated Association Kyoto Tachibana will open a home care station to enhance support for home-based care in the region.

In addition to providing home care services, the station will engage in initiatives linked to the university's education and research. From 2027 onwards, the station plans to accept university students for practical training as a clinical education site where they can learn nursing practices tailored to the lives of individuals receiving home care. Students will gain hands-on experience in nursing practice, deepen their understanding of assessments that consider users' individual lifestyles and interdisciplinary collaboration, and cultivate practical skills necessary to contribute to community-based integrated care.

Kyoto Tachibana University was the first private four-year university in Kyoto Prefecture to establish a Faculty of Nursing and has been dedicated to training nursing professionals for over 20 years. Since 2021, the university has expanded its engineering programs. Moving forward, it will leverage the collaboration between the medical field and information/engineering fields to create new regional healthcare solutions through medical-engineering collaboration. By connecting the needs of medical sites with technology, the university will pursue practical initiatives such as the utilization of AI and data to support human-centered care.

Kyoto Tachibana University and the General Incorporated Association Kyoto Tachibana aim to contribute to improving the quality of life in the region by providing support that is tailored to the individual lives of users. Through this initiative, they will contribute to the realization of a Well-Being society where everyone can live healthily and with peace of mind.

Facility Overview

Facility Name: Tachibana Home Care Station

Opening Date: July 1, 2026 (Reiwa 8)

Staff: Director: Mari Kikuchi (Nurse), plus 2 full-time nurses

Location: 2nd Floor, Seiyu-kan, Kyoto Tachibana University, 34 Ooyake Yamada-cho, Yamashina-ku, Kyoto City

Operating Organization: General Incorporated Association Kyoto Tachibana

Representative Director: Yoshiko Kajitani

Business Activities: Operation of a home care station / Planning and implementation of education and training related to home care / Research and information provision

Service Area: Yamashina Ward, Fushimi Ward, and surrounding areas of Kyoto City

Contact: TEL 075-585-3256 / FAX 075-585-3259

Organizational Structure

Representative Director: Yoshiko Kajitani (Professor, Faculty of Nursing, Kyoto Tachibana University; Former Dean of the Faculty of Nursing)

Director: Mari Kikuchi (Representative Director, VALK Co., Ltd.; Former Director, Shiori Home Care Station)

Director: Tomomi Miyake (Executive Director, Rakuhokai Medical Corporation)

Auditor: Masaki Oyabu (Chairman of the Board, Kyoto Institute of Microbiology)

Service Features

1) A community-based service with a strength in psychiatric care, also providing integrated physical and mental healthcare.

Nurses with clinical experience in psychiatry handle psychiatric disorders and dementia, while also accommodating elderly individuals with physical illnesses and those covered by long-term care insurance, meeting a wide range of regional home care needs.

2) Provides comprehensive support for home care, including symptom monitoring, medical care, rehabilitation, medication management, and terminal care, operating on a 24-hour system.

3) Delivers high-quality home nursing care under the direction of physicians, utilizing knowledge cultivated through the university's nursing education and research.

Main Support Services

- Symptom observation, medical care, daily living support, medication management, medication guidance, rehabilitation

- Psychiatric disorder/dementia care, terminal care, consultations on caregiving and recuperation, family support, etc.

Comment from Representative Director Yoshiko Kajitani (Professor, Faculty of Nursing, Kyoto Tachibana University; Former Dean of the Faculty of Nursing)

The opening of this station is a new initiative that responds to the growing demand for home healthcare in the region and allows us to give back to society the knowledge that our university has cultivated through nursing education and research.

Through the provision of home care services, we will support local residents in receiving care in their familiar surroundings with peace of mind.

Furthermore, this initiative will connect the university's educational and research functions with the practical field, leading to human resource development and the creation of new knowledge. We also aim to develop this into an initiative that contributes to the advancement of regional healthcare, with a view to collaborating between the medical field and other sectors.