キーワード Elder Care

近未来、高齢化が進んだ社会に対応するため厚生省が開発した老人介護機械・自己増殖機能をもつ第6世代コンピュータ「Z001号機」。だが、このコンピュータはサンプルに選ばれた老人を取り込み暴走。ボランティア女子大生やマスコミを巻き込んでの大騒動となる。

介護ヘルパーのサワは、亡くなる前におじいちゃんと寝てあげてという派遣先の家族から突拍子もない依頼を受ける。そこで思い掛けない事件に巻き込まれて職を失い、無一文となり困窮したサワは、町で見掛けたワケあり老人の押し掛けヘルパーを始めることになる。

At Seven Star Town, a high-class facility where Asako works as the head nurse, wealthy elderly people are elegantly living the last chapters of their lives. For Asako, who was living a humble life and taking care of her mother, it was a world far from herself. Satsuki, who works in Seven Star Town, also takes care of her parents who live with her, and her colleague Kuniko also has problems in the family over caring for her father. Asako has problems finding a facility for her mother. Both Satsuki and Kuniko face headwinds in their lives every day. Asako and her friends put into action a bold plan to break the status quo, and the drama of the people gathered in Seven Star Town begins to come alive. Will they be able to find paradise on earth?

In the cross-media project De Toekomst is Grijs, MAX investigates the effects of a changing population composition. What will our country look like in 2040 if we do nothing now?