Do I need to apply for long-term care insurance when I turn 65?

Inquiries regarding this page

Inagi City Welfare Department Elderly Welfare Division
2111 Higashinagumanuma, Inagi City, Tokyo
Phone: 042-378-2111 Fax: 042-377-4781

Long-term care insurance

• Please tell me how to use elderly welfare services.
• Please tell me about the procedures for moving in and out of nursing care insurance.
• What should I do if I can't find my nursing care insurance certificate or certificate of coverage share?
• What kind of system is long-term care insurance?
• When can people enroll in long-term care insurance?
• Do I need to apply for long-term care insurance when I turn 65?
• Can I use long-term care insurance services even if I am under 65?
• Please tell me where to contact if I need nursing care.
• What does the Regional Comprehensive Support Center do?
• Please tell me the process from applying for certification of needing nursing care/support to using the service.
• Please tell me how to apply for nursing care/support requirement certification under nursing care insurance.
• What should I do if I do not have a primary care doctor when applying for nursing care/support required certification under long-term care insurance?
• Can family members who live at a different address be present during the long-term care insurance certification survey?
• How long does it take to receive notification of certification results after applying for nursing care/support need certification under nursing care insurance?
• What types of nursing care insurance services are provided?
• Please tell me about your nursing care prevention projects.
• What should I do if I am not satisfied with the results of my certification of needing nursing care or support?
• Please tell me how the validity period of nursing care/assistance certification is determined.
• (For those who have been certified as needing nursing care or assistance) If my physical or mental condition changes, can my nursing care requirement classification be changed?
• Please tell me about the procedure for renewing the nursing care certification.
• What does a care support specialist (care manager) do?
• Can I receive nursing care insurance services from nursing care service providers outside of Inagi City?
• What services are available when a family member is temporarily unable to provide in-home care?
• Please tell me about home modifications for the elderly.
• (For those who have been certified as requiring care or support) I would like to rent welfare equipment such as a bed or wheelchair. What should I do?
• (For those who have been certified as requiring care or support) I would like to purchase welfare equipment for bathing and toileting. What should I do?
• Please tell me about the payment of high-cost nursing care (preventive care) service fees.
• What should I do if I have a complaint or consultation regarding long-term care insurance services?
• I would like to enter a nursing home. Please tell me about the application and procedures.
• How much does it cost to use nursing care insurance services?
• How are nursing care insurance premiums determined?
• Please tell me how to pay nursing care insurance premiums.
• I received my nursing care insurance payment slip, but I haven't received my insured card yet.
• When can I enroll in long-term care insurance?
• I would like to inquire about nursing care insurance subsidies for home renovation costs.
• I would like to know about notification of the results of long-term care certification under long-term care insurance.
• I would like to know about the long-term care insurance procedures when moving to Inagi City (from outside Inagi City).