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