NARITA

While continuing to produce and manage StreetKaigoNews, DJ Daihachi of the caregiving rap unit QOL has been capturing the untold realities that occur in the field of caregiving through his raps. His single, "NARITA," was released this time.

The song was inspired by the words and demeanor of Narita Satoshi, the representative director of a professional association for care managers, and his role as a "symbol" who bears the brunt of the system.

It depicts refresher training, shadow work, comment blocking, and the system fatigue that repeats every 88 hours and five years.

While not visible in the conference room,
the logs of life and death and the warmth of compassion surely accumulate on the ground.

The questions posed by this song are simple: "What is expertise?"
"Who determines quality?"

This is neither emotional nor conspiracy theory.

Everything written is nonfiction.
Cleaning toilets, accompanying patients to hospital appointments, riding with them on ambulances,
mailing, paperwork, and nameless, shadow labor.
Facts that can only be accumulated on the ground are presented as "evidence" in the form of hip-hop.

"NARITA" is not a song to condemn anyone.
It is a song to prevent care managers from being isolated,
and a song of encouragement for those in the field who have almost given up speaking out.

Care is not someone else's problem.
Someday, it will surely connect to someone's life, whether it's yours or a family member's.

It is a critique of the system,
and at the same time, an expression of love.
A song for takeoff, prepared to take on the brunt of the criticism.