We interviewed 2 visiting-nurse stations in Sapporo, Hokkaido, about disaster preparedness and mutual support networks. The first visiting-nurse station was attached to a hospital, and the hospital disaster manual was used for disaster preparation. Plans to create a manual for people who use the station were being discussed at that time.

The second visiting-nurse station had a parent station that served as an umbrella home care organization for visiting-nurse stations throughout Hokkaido. In the event of a disaster, the parent station would coordinate the other visiting-nurse stations in order to provide an integrated response.

We interviewed a visiting-nurse station in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, about disaster preparedness and mutual support networks. This station had appointed someone to be responsible for disaster response, and they were in the process of creating disaster manuals and other materials. They were also preparing to disseminate their work to other visiting-nurse stations in the future.