There are other accredited professionals besides judicial scriveners,
such as lawyers, social workers and home helpers.
What do you think should be the roles played by these
professionals in this area?
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Mr. Iwasawa
In my personal view, each professional should deal with the issue of
guardianship within his or her particular area of expertise,
assisting the individual in exercising judgement in choosing the
appropriate professional help. These professionals should
concentrate on their respective areas so that the end result
will be a system which offers multiple choices to the elderly.
What should be the division of labor or types of collaboration between different professionals?
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Mr. Iwasawa
Lawyers and judicial scriveners may be rivals to some extent but they
are complementary when it comes to court procedures. The task
before us is not separable from welfare, so the participation of
licensed workers is indispensable. In reality, the types of
collaboration between different licensed professionals depends
upon the needs of each individual beneficiary. Often,
collaboration between different professionals generates a
desirable synergistic effect.
These was a case involving a judicial
scrivener who was requested to assist a landlord who had had
difficulty in collecting rent from an elderly tenant, yet
was not willing to evict him. In this case, the scrivener
was aware of aid available for this particular tenant, and
assisted him in obtaining insurance from which the
landlord was able to be paid the rent. The knowledge,
experience and ideas of different professionals may well
complement one another in maximizing the overall contribution to
the beneficiaries. It is also beneficial to have different
professionals involved in these kinds of projects because each
professional may act as an ombudsman, checking one another.
Moral and ethical standards may differ from professional to
professional but together they may be able to safeguard the
system against possible collapse.
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