９月１５日（月曜日）２０２５
終活講座が終了しました。
三重県四日市市、医療法人朋有会・伊藤クリニック院長、伊藤毅先生によるお話は、丁寧で分かりやすくお集まりくださった皆様に多くのヒントをいただけるものでした。かつていくつもの老人ホームを経営され、今はそうした老人ホームのかかりつけ医としても多くの方の見取りをしてこられた先生は、ご自分の医師としての経験はもとより、これまで接したご家族を含む様々な方、書物、見てきた光景から得た個人としての考えを率直に出しながらお話くださいました。こうした先生のお人柄が、いささか重みのある今回のテーマの内容を皆の心に共鳴できるように届けたのだと思います。
終末期を在宅で迎えるか、老人ホームなどの施設で迎えるかについても色々な事例をあげてアドバイスをくださいました。
老人ホームは一人でなく複数で見に行くことが先生のお勧めです。
すべての人が平等に迎える終末期。誰もが穏やかに心残りなく迎えたいものです。そのためには、自分の意思をあらかじめ決めておくこと、そしてそれを書面に表しておくことが大事だそうです。私自身、解決しておかなければならない問題が山のようにあり、人間関係では心残りはまだまだあるし、事務処理に関しては面倒くさいなぁというのが本音で後回しになっています。
過去に家族を亡くした方はもっと早く知っていればよかったとおっしゃり、今後認知症になるかもしれない不安を持つ人も病気の人もそうした家族がいる人も、一人一人受け止め方は違ったと思いますが、私どもでのこうした講座は今回が初めてでいつもとはまた違う充実感がありました。
A lecture about "how to spend days in the end-of-life" is now over. The lecturer was Dr. Takeshi Itoh who is the director of Itoh clinic in Yokkaichi, Mie prefecture. His talk was precise and easy to understand for the audience. Dr. Itoh used to run many senior homes, and now he visits senior homes and checks up on many seniors on their deathbeds as an examination doctor besides working at his clinic. He talked about his experiences from a doctor's point of view and he also talked from his personal view point through his family, his favorite books or the scenery which he was impressed with. That's why his words and advice resonated with the audience.
There are two ways to have the end-of-life, one is at one's own home and other one is at other facilities like senior homes. He said both have merit and demerit. He advised that if you search a senior home, you should go there to have a look with more than two people.
Everyone equally experiences end-of-life and we would like to have it calmly and with no regret. Dr. Itoh said it is important for you first to accept that you will end our lives finally and to express your own will (ex. if you are terminal cancer or senility and you do not want to be resuscitated, you express it in a document. ) I have many things to solve and fix relationships before my terminal day but most of them are still being put off now.
One of the participants who lost her family member a few years ago told me that she wanted to listen to Dr.'s advice. There are people who are worried about becoming demented in the near future, who are ill now or who have family members with that symptom. Each one received Dr.'s words in a different way. I held this kind of lecture at my place for the first time, and I thought it was a good opportunity and helpful for many people.
