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family day care provider

calamity, good fortune, success and failure

Fujian tulou (traditional rural dwellings in Fujian, China)

From Chinese 打開笑門福自來

good fortune and happiness will come to the home of those who smile

Proverb

poverty is the greatest motivator; poverty is the mother of invention

in-home welfare service; home-based care

Law

Social Welfare Act

Law

Act on Welfare of Physically Disabled Persons

Law

Act on Welfare of Mentally Retarded Persons

evacuation shelter for the elderly or infirm

gross national happiness (philosophy that guides the government of Bhutan); GNH

bringing luck and good fortune

Christianity

prosperity gospel (theology)

mental disability certificate; mental disability handbook

Organization name

Technology Research Association of Medical and Welfare Apparatus

Organization name

Social Welfare and Medical Service Corporation

Organization name

Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare

Organization name

Japanese Council of Social Welfare

Organization name

Fukui National College of Technology

Organization name

Japan Society of Judicial Social Services; JSJSS

Organization name

Japanese Society for the Study of Social Welfare; JSSSW

Organization name

Japanese Research Association for Community Development

Organization name

Japan Institute of Social Services and Informatics

Organization name

Japan Welfare Education College