[Community Care Meetings Co-Managed by a University and Local Government]

The Long-Term Care Insurance System, revised in 2015, obliged utmost efforts to enforce community-based care meetings to establish the Community-based Integrated Care System. In Toyoake in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, the"Multidisciplinary Joint Care Conference,"a monthly community-based care meeting, has been held since April 2016. All participants have an equal relationship since no advisors are appointed. This conference is designed to share helpful knowledge about methods that can be applied in similar future cases instead of just reviewing the support methods used in previous cases. Continuing to hold this conference is expected to yield various satisfactory outcomes. Exchanging knowledge with experts in different fields has led to technology transfer among professions. Furthermore, sharing knowledge in areas where information was insufficient has allowed individuals to determine what they could contribute from their standpoint. They have cogitated about selecting cases and how the host progressed the conference. Because local governments' employees are often reshuffled, accurately taking over duties from their predecessors is a significant concern. As a result, to reduce such risks, the municipality decided to cooperate and manage the conference with a local university engaged in solving local problems. An online provision system was established early to continue conducting the meeting during the COVID-19 pandemic. Currently, this system is beneficial in accepting observation members from municipalities and professionals nationwide. We aspire to continue engaging in the Multidisciplinary Joint Care Conference. This allows individuals connected to the communities to share strategies and methods for achieving their goals and unite as a single problem-solving team.