Within the framework of the "Sasagawa Project" started in 2002, the Asaka Hospital has been providing, in a well-coordinated manner, support for the discharge of long-term inpatients from the hospital, home nursing care after discharge and rehabilitation at the day care center; in addition, it also provides, through a non-profit organization, support for the daily living activities and occupational training of the patients. It is noteworthy that more than half of all patients continued to live in the same local community after discharge, without being admitted again to hospitals for psychiatric symptoms.
 The Asaka Hospital Group, representing an organized linkage of 4 corporations and 1 company, has been devising a comprehensive care system across the local community covering each of coordinated community support, acute psychiatric care, mental health, dementia care and pediatric psychiatric care. In recent years, the Asaka Hospital Group has begun to contribute to creation of a new local community under the local symbiosis program beyond the existing framework of healthcare or welfare and daily life care services. To put it concretely, the Group has been operating farms (for production of pork, eggs and vegetables), bakery shops, cake shops and restaurants and has been providing work opportunities for patients, enabling the people in this local community to gain an understanding of our group's ideas and principles. In addition, the Group has been involved in other diverse activities to facilitate understanding of disabilities by people, including farm programs targeting children, exhibition of art works at Art Brut museums, lectures by peer supporters at schools, etc. Through these activities, we intend to promote the anti-stigma campaign in the field of psychiatry and stimulate discussion on how to achieve the goal "inclusive society."
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