Difficulty securing care personnel
First written in FY2023-Q2. 6 of 13 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: FY2027-H1.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2025: 6 of 20 companies on the "Worse" side.
14 other companies' latest entry also says "Restated".
- FY2027-H1RestatedAnnual report
「In the caregiving sector, as Japan's super-aging society has progressed, issues such as employees leaving their jobs to provide care and young carers have become more pronounced, increasing the sector's social responsibility due to the need for caregiving services. In addition to the labor shortage, rising costs for construction materials, food ingredients and other items as a result of higher prices have become management challenges.」
The labor shortage continues to be a management challenge for caregiving operators. - 2026-08-10RestatedResults
「介護業界におきましては、日本の超高齢社会の進展と共に介護離職やヤングケアラー等の問題が顕在化し、介護サービスの必要性から介護業界の社会的責任が増大しておりますが、人材不足の他、食材費や人件費等のコスト上昇が経営課題となっております。」
人材不足を引き続き介護業界の経営課題として記載している。 - FY2026ReframedAnnual report
「Personnel shortages are also serious. According to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's General Employment Placement Service Status for February 2026, the effective job-offers-to-applicants ratio for care service occupations has remained high at 3.46, making the securing of personnel to provide services a major challenge for care providers.」
While the job-offers-to-applicants ratio fell from 3.95 to 3.46, the Company describes personnel shortages as serious and indicates that approximately 250,000 additional care workers will be needed in fiscal 2026 and approximately 570,000 in fiscal 2040, presenting the challenge as an overall personnel supply-and-demand issue. - 2026-05-15MitigatedResults
「Personnel shortages are also serious. According to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's General Employment Placement Service Status for February 2026, the effective job-offers-to-applicants ratio for care service occupations has remained high at 3.46, making the securing of personnel to provide services a major challenge for care providers.」
求人倍率は前回の3.95倍から3.46倍に低下した一方、人手不足と人材確保を引き続き大きな課題として記載している。 - FY2025WorsenedAnnual report
「According to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's General Employment Placement Service Status for February 2025, the effective job-offers-to-applicants ratio for care service occupations has remained high at 3.95, making the securing of personnel to provide services an even greater challenge for care providers than before.」
The effective job-offers-to-applicants ratio for care occupations rose from the previously reported 3.85 to 3.95, describing the challenge of securing personnel as more serious than before. - FY2025-H1RestatedAnnual report
「The 2024 revision of care service fees, conducted once every 3 years, did not go far enough to improve the operating environment for providers struggling with personnel shortages and rising prices, including food costs.」
The Company reaffirms that personnel shortages remain a challenge for providers' operating environment even after the revision of care service fees. - FY2024WorsenedAnnual report
「According to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's General Employment Placement Service Status for February 2024, the effective job-offers-to-applicants ratio for care service occupations has remained high at 3.85, making the securing of personnel to provide services a major challenge for care providers.」
The effective job-offers-to-applicants ratio for care occupations rose from the previously reported 3.39 to 3.85, indicating greater difficulty in securing personnel. - FY2024-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「In the care services industry, demand for care services is increasing as the aging rate rises, but resource, energy and food prices remain elevated, and conditions are becoming increasingly difficult in addition to the longstanding challenge of securing personnel.」
The Company reaffirms the longstanding challenge of securing care personnel. - FY2024-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「In the care services industry, demand for care services is continuing to increase as the aging rate rises, but food and utility costs remain elevated, making business operations increasingly difficult in addition to the longstanding challenge of securing personnel.」
The Company reaffirms the longstanding challenge of securing care personnel and describes it together with the increasing difficulty of business operations. - FY2024-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「In the care services industry, demand for care services is continuing to increase as the aging rate rises, although, in addition to the longstanding challenge of securing personnel, soaring food and utility costs are creating problems for business operations.」
The Company reaffirms the longstanding challenge of securing care personnel, but provides no new figures such as the job-offers-to-applicants ratio. - FY2023SoftenedAnnual report
「According to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's General Employment Placement Service Status for January 2023, the effective job-offers-to-applicants ratio for care service occupations has remained high at 3.39, making the securing of personnel to provide services a major challenge for care providers.」
The effective job-offers-to-applicants ratio for care occupations fell from the previously reported 3.87 to 3.39, but remains high, and securing personnel continues to be a challenge. - FY2023-Q3WorsenedAnnual report
「According to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's General Employment Placement Service Status for November 2022, the effective job-offers-to-applicants ratio for care service occupations has remained high at 3.87, making the securing of care personnel the most important management challenge.」
The effective job-offers-to-applicants ratio for care occupations rose from the previously reported 3.72 to 3.87, indicating greater difficulty in securing personnel. - FY2023-Q2First statedAnnual report
「According to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's General Employment Placement Service Status for August 2022, the effective job-offers-to-applicants ratio for care service occupations has remained high at 3.72, making the securing of care personnel the most important management challenge.」
The effective job-offers-to-applicants ratio for care occupations is shown as 3.72, and securing personnel is identified as the most important challenge.