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

Inquiries about this page

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

Long-term care insurance

• Please tell me how to use welfare services for the elderly.
• Please tell me about procedures for moving out and moving in for Nursing Care Insurance.
• What should I do if I can't find a certificate of long-term care insurance such as an insured person's certificate or a copayment ratio certificate?
• What kind of system is long-term care insurance?
• What kind of person joins long-term care insurance and when?
• Do I need to apply for long-term care insurance when I turn 65?
• Can people under the age of 65 use nursing care insurance services?
• Please let me know who to contact when I need nursing care.
• What does the Regional Comprehensive Support Center do?
• Please tell me the flow from applying for certification of need for long-term care or support to using the service.
• Please tell me how to apply for long-term care and support certification under long-term care insurance.
• What should I do if I do not have an attending physician when I apply for certification for long-term care or support required under long-term care insurance?
• Is it possible for family members who live at different addresses to be present during the certification survey for long-term care insurance?
• How long does it take to receive certification results after applying for long-term care or support certification under long-term care insurance?
• What kind of services are provided by long-term care insurance?
• Please tell me about the long-term care prevention business.
• What should I do if I am not satisfied with the results of my certification for long-term care or support?
• Please tell me how the validity period of certification for long-term care or support is determined.
• (Those who are certified as needing long-term care or support) Can I change my level of long-term care need if my physical or mental condition changes?
• Please tell me about the renewal procedure for certification of long-term care need.
• What does a care support specialist (care manager) do?
• Can I receive long-term care insurance services from a long-term care service provider outside Inagi City?
• What services are available when a family member is temporarily unable to provide care at home?
• Please tell me about housing renovations for the elderly.
• (Those certified as needing long-term care or support) I would like to borrow welfare equipment such as beds and wheelchairs. What should I do?
• (Those certified as needing long-term 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 long-term care (preventive long-term care) service costs.
• What should I do if I am dissatisfied or consulted about the nursing care insurance service?
• I would like to enter a nursing home. Please tell me about the application and procedures.
• How much does it cost to use long-term care insurance services?
• How are long-term care insurance premiums determined?
• Please tell me how to pay the long-term care insurance premium.
• I received a payment slip for the nursing-care insurance premium, but I haven't received my insurance card yet.
• When did you enroll in the long-term care insurance?
• We want to talk about house repair costs subsidy of long-term care insurance.
• I would like to know about the notification of the result of long-term care insurance certification.
• I would like to know about nursing care insurance procedures when I move to Inagi City (from other than Inagi City).