About the Nursing Care Insurance Burden Limit Certificate

If you have been certified as requiring long-term care and all members of your household are exempt from resident tax, you will be issued a certificate that sets a maximum limit on the amount you will have to pay for accommodation and food when you enter a long-term care insurance facility or stay at a short-term care facility.

Note: The housing expense limit will be increased from August 2024 (the food expense limit will remain unchanged). For details, please refer to the table below, "Applicable Limits (per day) (from August 2024)."

This applies to those who meet all three of the following criteria:
(1) All members of the household are exempt from resident tax. (2) The spouse is exempt from resident tax (including cases where the households listed on the resident record are different).
(3) The amount of assets (savings, etc.) that meet the criteria based on income status. Please refer to the tables below: "Table of Burden Limit Application (per day) (until July 2024)" and "Table of Burden Limit Application (per day) (from August 2024)."

(1) Application form for certification of nursing care insurance burden limit (2) Confirmation materials for deposits, savings, etc.
<Points to note when submitting a copy of your passbook>
●The following pages are required for all accounts of the applicant and his or her spouse.
･A page that shows the name of the financial institution, branch name, account number, and account holder ･A page that shows the final balance from the last 3 months of the application date (If you are receiving pension benefits, this includes a page that shows the details of your pension benefits)
●Please be sure to record any old information.

・Recipients of public assistance are not required to submit verification documents for deposits, savings, etc.
- In the case of fraudulent receipt of benefits, in addition to the refund of the benefit amount, an additional fee may be imposed.

In principle, the application starts from the 1st of the application month. However, this does not apply due to transfers, etc.

Submit by mail or at the counter

2111 Higashi-Naganuma, Inagi-shi, Tokyo 206-8601
Inagi City Welfare Department, Elderly Welfare Division, Nursing Care Insurance Section (Counter 4, 2nd floor, City Hall)

Among those who are not eligible for the above-mentioned reduction in the burden of food and housing expenses, if one of the elderly married couples enters a facility and the surviving spouse is unable to make a living at home, all of the following requirements apply: If so, by applying to the city, the maximum amount to be paid by the user in stage 3 (2) will be applied to the room and/or meal expenses. (Short stays are not eligible).

Those who meet all of the following requirements (1) The number of household members and spouses in the household to which the applicant belongs (including those from separate households; the same applies in (2) to (6)) must be two or more.
(2) Be admitted to a long-term care insurance facility or a community-based long-term care welfare facility, and be responsible for the food and housing expenses of the fourth stage of user fees.
(3) For all household members and spouses, the amount of income from public pensions, etc. in the previous year and the total amount of income other than pensions Note: From the total amount in 1, the estimated annual amount of user fees, food expenses, and housing expenses. The amount after deducting is 800,000 yen or less.
(4) For all household members and spouses, the total amount of cash, savings, etc. Note: 2 must be 4.5 million yen or less.
(5) All household members and spouses do not own any assets that can be used for purposes other than a house used for residence or other assets necessary for daily life.
(6) All household members and spouses are not in arrears with long-term care insurance premiums.

Notes: 1 If the special deduction for long-term capital gains or short-term capital gains applies, the amount to be deducted shall be deducted.
Note: 2 Includes jointly managed trusts, publicly offered bond investment trusts, and securities.

Until the above requirement (3) is no longer applicable, the maximum amount to be paid by the user in the third stage (2) will be applied to the room and/or meal expenses.

(1) Application form for certification of nursing care insurance burden limit (2) Asset declaration form and consent form for special reduction measures for meal and housing expenses for households subject to municipal inhabitant tax (3) Attached documents ・Enrolled or planning to enroll Documents stating facility usage fees, food expenses, and housing expenses at the facility (copy of contract, etc.)
・Copies of income certificates, withholding tax slips, pension payment notices, final tax returns, and other documents that prove income ・Copies of bankbooks, etc. of deposits and savings, etc.

As a result of the investigation, for those who are determined to be eligible for reduction measures, the reduction will, in principle, begin from the first day of the month in which the application was made. However, this does not apply due to transfers, etc.

Submit by mail or at the counter

2111 Higashi-Naganuma, Inagi-shi, Tokyo 206-8601
Inagi City Welfare Department, Elderly Welfare Division, Nursing Care Insurance Section (Counter 4, 2nd floor, City Hall)