INI
Long-Term Care Insurance Services - INI
Long-term care insurance services are public care services provided to elderly people and others who have been certified as requiring long-term care, based on the Long-Term Care Insurance Act enacted in 2000. These include various services such as home-visit services (home help, home-visit bathing care, home-visit nursing, etc.), day-care services (day service, day care, etc.), short-stay services, and welfare equipment loans. Benefit limits are set according to the user's care level, and services can be used with a 10% co-payment in principle. In 2025, revisions were made including the expansion of eligible welfare equipment and relaxation of requirements for additional payments for home-visit services.
long-term care insurance
care services
elderly welfare
home help
day service
welfare equipment
Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare
[item.home-help]
code=01
slug=home-help
name=Home Help (Home Care)
description=A service where helpers visit homes to provide physical care (meals, toileting, bathing) and household assistance.
category=Home-Visit Services
targetLevel=["要介護1","要介護2","要介護3","要介護4","要介護5"]
[item.home-visit-bathing-care]
code=02
slug=home-visit-bathing-care
name=Home-Visit Bathing Care
description=A service where a mobile bathing vehicle visits homes to provide bathing assistance in a dedicated bathtub.
category=Home-Visit Services
targetLevel=["要介護1","要介護2","要介護3","要介護4","要介護5"]
[item.home-visit-nursing]
code=03
slug=home-visit-nursing
name=Home-Visit Nursing
description=A service where nurses and public health nurses visit homes to provide medical care and treatment assistance.
category=Home-Visit Services
targetLevel=["要介護1","要介護2","要介護3","要介護4","要介護5"]
[item.home-visit-rehabilitation]
code=04
slug=home-visit-rehabilitation
name=Home-Visit Rehabilitation
description=A service where physical therapists and occupational therapists visit homes to provide rehabilitation.
category=Home-Visit Services
targetLevel=["要介護1","要介護2","要介護3","要介護4","要介護5"]
[item.day-service]
code=05
slug=day-service
name=Day Service (Day Care)
description=A service where users visit facilities with 19 or more capacity to receive bathing, meals, functional training, and recreation on a day-trip basis.
category=Day-Care Services
targetLevel=["要介護1","要介護2","要介護3","要介護4","要介護5"]
[item.day-care-rehabilitation]
code=06
slug=day-care-rehabilitation
name=Day Care Rehabilitation
description=A service where users receive rehabilitation-centered services provided by medical institutions on a day-trip basis.
category=Day-Care Services
targetLevel=["要介護1","要介護2","要介護3","要介護4","要介護5"]
[item.short-stay]
code=07
slug=short-stay
name=Short-Stay Care
description=A service where users stay at special nursing homes for the elderly for a short period (about one week) to receive daily living care.
category=Short-Stay Services
targetLevel=["要介護1","要介護2","要介護3","要介護4","要介護5"]
[item.welfare-equipment-loan]
code=08
slug=welfare-equipment-loan
name=Welfare Equipment Loan
description=A service that loans welfare equipment such as wheelchairs, special beds, walkers, and transfer lifts.
category=Welfare Equipment Services
targetLevel=["要介護1","要介護2","要介護3","要介護4","要介護5"]
[item.specific-welfare-equipment-sales]
code=09
slug=specific-welfare-equipment-sales
name=Specific Welfare Equipment Sales
description=A service that provides purchase subsidies for equipment unsuitable for loan, such as raised toilet seats and bathing aids.
category=Welfare Equipment Services
targetLevel=["要介護1","要介護2","要介護3","要介護4","要介護5"]
[item.home-modification]
code=10
slug=home-modification
name=Home Modification Subsidy
description=A service that provides subsidies for home modification costs such as handrail installation and eliminating level differences.
category=Other Services
targetLevel=["要介護1","要介護2","要介護3","要介護4","要介護5"]