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Long-Term Care Insurance Services - JSON

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.

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[
  {
    "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"
    ]
  },
  {
    "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"
    ]
  },
  {
    "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"
    ]
  },
  {
    "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"
    ]
  },
  {
    "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"
    ]
  },
  {
    "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"
    ]
  },
  {
    "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"
    ]
  },
  {
    "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"
    ]
  },
  {
    "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"
    ]
  },
  {
    "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"
    ]
  }
]