I used to work at an office of private nursing home for about 2 years. Looking after my grandpa who was then very ill made me go into this career. Working in an office of a nursing home doesn't mean just sitting all day making documents. I had to check all the medications of the elders, go to the hospital with them, and I also had to work in the home when there were no home helpers to take care of the elders,too. Maybe working for the field of social welfare fit my personality. It didn't really bother me much about working at the nursing home. In fact, I liked it. I had learned alot from working with the elders and I think I had great experiences from it,too. Now my ex-boss works at a private nursing home in Tokyo as a head boss. Recently, I had consulted with her about studying animal therapy and so on. When we were talking, she told me that she was running out of employees. Working for this job really shows if you really fit working in it or not. And it's common that many quit,too. We talked about "Guide Helpers". Next year, the laws for social welfare in general will be renewed. So from next year, the law will be strict and you have to be certified to work in the field of social welfare. What is guided helpers?? It's a helper 's job including deaf, blind, Althheimer, and other physical disabilities and uncommom diseases. My ex-boss gave me a advice that there are too few guided helpers now, so if I study both animal therapy and guided helpers, it'll broaden the fields of job. It was the first time I had heard about it, so I'll have to look into it. But I'm so excited that it'll broaden up my thoughts toward animal therapy.