What kind of services are provided by long-term care insurance?
Updated: January 26, 2023
There are various services that can be used with long-term care insurance according to the user's situation, such as "use at home", "use at home", "use at a facility", etc. Services used at home can be used in combination according to the wishes of the user.
Note: Home-visit nursing care and outpatient nursing care for those requiring support 1 and 2 have been transferred to preventive care and life support services provided by Inagi City.
- Services available for those requiring long-term care 1 to 5
- Services available for those requiring support 1 and 2
- Long-term care prevention and daily life support comprehensive business (support required 1 and 2, services for those eligible for the business)
- Service (general long-term care prevention business) that anyone can participate in
Services available for those requiring long-term care 1 to 5
make a care plan
[In-home nursing care support]
The care manager of the in-home care support office will create a care plan.
use the service at home
[Home-visit care]
A home helper will visit you and provide physical care such as eating and toileting, as well as daily life assistance such as cleaning and cleaning.
[Home-visit bathing care]
A bath van loaded with a bathtub will visit and provide assistance with bathing.
[Visiting rehabilitation]
A rehabilitation specialist will visit your home and provide rehabilitation services.
[Visiting nursing]
Nurses and other staff will visit your home to monitor your symptoms and provide medical care.
[Home treatment management guidance]
Doctors, dentists, pharmacists, etc. will visit your home and provide medical care management and guidance.
Use the service by going to the facility or staying overnight
[Day care (day service)]
You can go to a day care facility and receive bathing, meals, and care for daily life on a day trip basis.
[Day care rehabilitation station (day care)]
You can go to a medical institution or nursing home for the elderly and receive rehabilitation on a day trip.
[Short-term residential living care (short stay)/Short-term residential medical care (medical short stay)]
You can enter a nursing care health facility for a short period of time to receive care and rehabilitation for your daily life.
Using services while living in a paid nursing home
[Living Nursing Care for Residents of Specific Facilities]
Residents of specific facilities such as fee-based nursing homes can receive nursing care such as meals and bathing, functional training, and recuperative care.
prepare the living environment
[Welfare equipment rental]
Welfare equipment such as wheelchairs and walking aids can be borrowed.
- Wheelchairs (self-propelled, assisted, normal electric wheelchairs)
- Wheelchair accessories (cushion, electric assist device, etc.)
- Special bed (reclining bed, etc.)
- Special bed accessories (mattresses, transfer bars, care belts, etc.)
- Bedsore prevention equipment (air mattress, etc.)
- Posture changer (including sit-up aids)
- Handrail (no installation work required)
- Slope (without installation work)
- Walker
- walking stick
- Elderly people with dementia loitering detection device (including sensor for getting out of bed)
- Transport lifts (including stair lifts, excluding slings)
- Automatic excretion processing device (in principle, those with nursing care level 4 or higher)
[Purchase of specific welfare equipment]
You can purchase welfare equipment that cannot be loaned, such as for toileting or bathing.
- Seated toilet seat (including parts used to raise the bottom of the seated toilet seat)
- Special urinal (replaceable part of automatic excretion disposal device)
- Bathing aids (including bathing aid belts)
- simple bathtub
- sling part of mobile lift
- Excretion prediction support equipment
[Payment of housing renovation costs]
We will provide housing renovation costs so that you can live with peace of mind in your familiar home.
The maximum cost is 200,000 yen per person for the same residence. (In principle, only once)
- Installation of handrails
- Eliminate steps
- Modification of flooring to prevent slippage and facilitate movement, etc.
- Replacing/installing/removing doors such as sliding doors
- Eliminate slopes such as Western-style toilets
- Installation of a fall prevention fence (when installing a slope)
- Other necessary work incidental to each work
Use community-based services
Community-based services are services that allow elderly people to continue living in their familiar home or community as much as possible, even if they require moderate to severe care. Only those who have a resident card in Inagi City can use the service in Inagi City.
[Dementia-friendly day care]
Elderly people with dementia can attend day care facilities and receive nursing care such as bathing and meals, as well as functional training.
[Dementia-friendly communal living care (group home)]
Elderly people with dementia can live together in a small group and receive nursing care and functional training in a home-like atmosphere.
[Small-scale multifunctional home care]
Centered on ``day care services,'' we combine ``visiting'' and ``overnight stays'' to provide nursing care such as bathing, toileting, and meals, as well as functional training, depending on the individual's physical and mental conditions and wishes.
[Nighttime home-visit nursing care]
Home helpers will visit your home on regular nighttime patrols or upon notification. You can receive care for your daily life.
[Community-based living care for residents of specified facilities]
People living in small-scale paid nursing homes (capacity 29 people or less) can receive nursing care, functional training, and medical care.
Note: As of April 2019, there are no eligible facilities in the city.
[Community-based nursing care for residents of elderly welfare facilities]
People living in small special nursing homes (capacity 29 people or less) can receive nursing care, functional training, and recuperative care.
Note: As of April 2019, there are no eligible facilities in the city.
[Regular visits/on-demand home-visit care nursing]
You can receive coordinated care and nursing services through regular visits multiple times a day during the day and night, as well as visits based on reports.
[Nursing small-scale multifunctional home care]
You can receive nursing care services that add the function of visiting nursing to small-scale multifunctional home nursing care.
[Community-based day care]
You can attend a small day care facility and receive day-trip bathing, meals, and care for daily life.
Entering a care insurance facility
[Care welfare facility for the elderly (special nursing home)]
Those who have been certified as needing long-term care (in principle: 3 to 5) who are unable to provide care at home can enter the facility and receive assistance with daily living.
(Those with nursing care level 1 or 2 can only move in if there are special circumstances.)
[Nursing medical facility] (until the end of 2023)
People whose medical condition is stable and who require long-term medical treatment can enter the facility and receive medical care, nursing care, or nursing care.
[Care health facility for the elderly]
People whose medical conditions are stable and need rehabilitation can enter the facility and receive nursing care and functional training.
[Nursing medical clinic]
We provide "medical care for long-term care" and care for daily life (nursing care) in an integrated manner for those in need of care.
Note: As of December 2018, there are no eligible facilities in the city.
Services available for those requiring support 1 and 2
make a care plan
[Long-term care prevention support]
The staff of local comprehensive support center performs making of long-term care prevention care plan.
use the service at home
[Care prevention visiting bathing care]
Only in cases where a person does not have a bathroom at home, a bath van loaded with a bathtub will visit the patient and provide assistance with bathing for the purpose of preventive care.
[Care prevention home rehabilitation]
Rehabilitation specialists will visit your home and provide rehabilitation for the purpose of preventive care.
[Preventive care visiting nursing]
Nurses and other staff will visit your home to provide preventive care or assist with necessary medical treatment.
[Care prevention home treatment management guidance]
Doctors, dentists, pharmacists, etc. visit your home and provide medical care management and guidance for the purpose of preventing nursing care.
Use the service by going to the facility or staying overnight
[Preventive nursing care outpatient rehabilitation (day care)]
You can go to a medical institution or nursing care facility for the elderly and receive rehabilitation as a day trip.
[Preventive long-term care short-term residential care (short stay)/Preventive long-term care short-term residential recuperation care (medical short stay)]
You can stay in a long-term care health facility for a short period of time to receive daily care and rehabilitation for the purpose of preventive care.
There are two types of care: ``daily care,'' where a person receives care for daily life at a welfare facility, and ``recuperative care,'' where a person receives care including medical care at a medical facility.
Using services while living in a paid nursing home
[Nursing Care for Residents of Specific Nursing Care Preventive Facilities]
Residents of specific facilities such as fee-based nursing homes can receive nursing care such as bathing, excretion, and meals for the purpose of preventing nursing care, as well as functional training and recuperative care.
prepare the living environment
[Rental of nursing care preventive welfare equipment]
You can borrow welfare equipment that is useful for nursing care prevention, such as walkers and walking aids.
- Handrail (no installation work required)
- walking stick
- Slope (without installation work)
- Walker
Such
[Purchase of specified nursing care preventive welfare equipment]
Among the welfare equipment that cannot be loaned, such as toileting and bathing equipment, you can purchase welfare equipment that is useful for nursing care prevention.
- Special urinal (cannot be purchased if you can urinate yourself)
- bathing aid
Such
[Providing preventive care housing renovation costs]
We will pay for renovation costs so that you can live with peace of mind in your familiar home.
The maximum cost is 200,000 yen per person for the same residence. (In principle, only once)
- Installation of handrails
- Eliminate steps
- Modification of flooring to prevent slippage and facilitate movement, etc.
- Replacing doors to sliding doors, installing new doors, removing doors
- Replacing the toilet with a Western-style toilet
- Eliminate slopes such as aisles
- Installation of a fall prevention fence (when installing a slope)
- Other necessary work incidental to each work
Use community-based services
[Nursing preventive dementia day care]
Elderly people with dementia attend day care facilities where they receive preventive care such as bathing, toileting, and eating, as well as functional training.
[Preventive care for dementia patients (group home)]
Elderly people with dementia live together in a small group and receive preventative care and functional training to improve their daily functioning, with a focus on dementia treatment.
[Care prevention small-scale multifunctional home care]
Centered on day-care services, we combine visits and overnight stays to provide preventive care, such as bathing, toileting, and meals, as well as functional training, depending on the person's mental and physical condition and wishes.
Long-term care prevention and daily life support comprehensive business (support required 1 and 2, services for those eligible for the business)
The long-term care prevention and daily life support comprehensive business (hereinafter referred to as the “comprehensive business”) is for all people aged 65 and over, mainly in Inagi City, through nursing care service offices, NPOs, volunteers, citizens, etc. It is preventive care business carried out by various positions. Even if you are not certified as requiring long-term care, you can receive a wide variety of services that are tailored to your condition and wishes, so you can receive familiar and easy-to-use services that are closely related to your life. In addition, we will build a system of mutual support in the region and support you to live well forever.
make a care plan
[Long-term care preventive care management]
The staff of local comprehensive support center prepares care plan about the use of long-term care prevention, life support service business.
Long-term care prevention and life support service business
[Visiting service]
Home helpers provide services related to daily life when users find it difficult to do things on their own and cannot receive support from family members living with them or local support services.
[Outpatient service]
In addition to providing basic services such as meals and support to improve daily functioning at day care facilities, etc., we also provide preventive services tailored to the individual's condition (improving motor function, improving nutrition, improving oral function, preventing and supporting self-isolation, etc.) This service provides dementia prevention and support (e.g., dementia prevention and support).
Service (general long-term care prevention business) that anyone can participate in
This service is available to all people aged 65 and over (some conditions apply). In particular, we will support people who are currently living an independent life so that they can continue to live independently and lively in the future. Please participate actively.
Fall fracture prevention class
In order to live an independent life forever, let's move the muscles that you don't usually use and refresh your mind and body. We also introduce voluntary groups in the city.
Eating habits improvement business
A registered dietitian will teach you how to take simple, nutritionally balanced meals for seniors. You can also learn useful knowledge for nursing care prevention and brain activation. Those who are not good at cooking, those who have little experience, and men, please feel free to join us.
Oral function improvement program
Have you ever experienced thirst or choking, or difficulty eating hard foods? A dental hygienist will teach you the points of oral care and diet that can prevent pneumonia in order to live a lively and active life. Let's know your oral condition and use it for health management.
Nursing care preventive composite program
This is a comprehensive course where you can learn all about exercise, diet, and oral care necessary for building a healthy body from the age of 65.
From preventive care gymnastics class to gymnastics while sitting on a chair, brain training, oral gymnastics
From flexibility exercises that can be done while sitting on a chair to mouth exercises and brain training. Even those who are not confident in their physical strength can participate with confidence.
Preventive care classroom
The city and local comprehensive support center will hold classes on various themes such as exercises such as gymnastics and dementia prevention.
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