What is a “Care Nin”

Story

Kei Omori is a caregiver who has left his previous job at a small-scale care service to come work at a large-scale nursing home. But he is unable to hide his tremendous discomfort with a management style that prioritizes efficiency and risk control in the name of accommodating large numbers of residents. It is under these circumstances that Mieko, an elderly woman living with dementia, moves into the nursing home. Mieko’s husband, Tatsuro, has been acting as her at-home caregiver and doesn’t trust the nursing home to watch over her properly. He is quite tough on Kei, who is Mieko’s primary caregiver at the nursing home. But still, Kei tries his best for Mieko and the other residents. He even does things like getting a friend who works as a beautician to open an on-site salon for the residents. However, these efforts lead to Kei being reprimanded by his more experienced colleagues and even the managing director of the nursing home for disrupting the teamwork among staff members at the nursing home. This situation gives Kei a chance to discover Tatsuro’s true wishes.