Markdown
Long-Term Care Insurance Services - Markdown
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
| code | slug | name | description | category | targetLevel |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01 | home-help | Home Help (Home Care) | A service where helpers visit homes to provide physical care (meals, toileting, bathing) and household assistance. | Home-Visit Services | ["要介護1","要介護2","要介護3","要介護4","要介護5"] |
| 02 | home-visit-bathing-care | Home-Visit Bathing Care | A service where a mobile bathing vehicle visits homes to provide bathing assistance in a dedicated bathtub. | Home-Visit Services | ["要介護1","要介護2","要介護3","要介護4","要介護5"] |
| 03 | home-visit-nursing | Home-Visit Nursing | A service where nurses and public health nurses visit homes to provide medical care and treatment assistance. | Home-Visit Services | ["要介護1","要介護2","要介護3","要介護4","要介護5"] |
| 04 | home-visit-rehabilitation | Home-Visit Rehabilitation | A service where physical therapists and occupational therapists visit homes to provide rehabilitation. | Home-Visit Services | ["要介護1","要介護2","要介護3","要介護4","要介護5"] |
| 05 | day-service | Day Service (Day Care) | A service where users visit facilities with 19 or more capacity to receive bathing, meals, functional training, and recreation on a day-trip basis. | Day-Care Services | ["要介護1","要介護2","要介護3","要介護4","要介護5"] |
| 06 | day-care-rehabilitation | Day Care Rehabilitation | A service where users receive rehabilitation-centered services provided by medical institutions on a day-trip basis. | Day-Care Services | ["要介護1","要介護2","要介護3","要介護4","要介護5"] |
| 07 | short-stay | Short-Stay Care | A service where users stay at special nursing homes for the elderly for a short period (about one week) to receive daily living care. | Short-Stay Services | ["要介護1","要介護2","要介護3","要介護4","要介護5"] |
| 08 | welfare-equipment-loan | Welfare Equipment Loan | A service that loans welfare equipment such as wheelchairs, special beds, walkers, and transfer lifts. | Welfare Equipment Services | ["要介護1","要介護2","要介護3","要介護4","要介護5"] |
| 09 | specific-welfare-equipment-sales | Specific Welfare Equipment Sales | A service that provides purchase subsidies for equipment unsuitable for loan, such as raised toilet seats and bathing aids. | Welfare Equipment Services | ["要介護1","要介護2","要介護3","要介護4","要介護5"] |
| 10 | home-modification | Home Modification Subsidy | A service that provides subsidies for home modification costs such as handrail installation and eliminating level differences. | Other Services | ["要介護1","要介護2","要介護3","要介護4","要介護5"] |