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Dispatch of helpers, assistance in daily life tools and assistive devices, medical expenses system, benefits

Last Updated March 22, 2019

Dispatch of helpers to persons with disabilities

 home helper (home-care worker) dispatches home helper (home-care worker) to support the daily lives of people with severe physical disabilities (children), mentally ill persons, and those with incurable disease (359 diseases specified by the government).
In addition, we perform on-site bathing or facility bathing service for severely disabled person who has difficulty bathing at home. (The long-term care insurance system takes precedence.)

I want to use everyday life tools and assistive devices

 We provide and lend daily life tools to those with severe physical and intellectual disabilities and those with incurable disease (359 diseases specified by the country).
 Please refer to "Disability Welfare Information" for the types of daily life tools.
 In addition, we issue assistive device to person having certificate of the physically disabled as needed.

I want to know if there is aid for hearing aids

 Person having disability certificate of hearing impairment is targeted for assistance. A medical certificate form for obtaining a notebook will beElderly and Disabled Support Division.

I want to know about the medical expenses system for children with disabilities.

Benefits for independence support medical care

 Those who have a certificate of the physically disabled who are 18 years old or older can receive medical care at designated medical institutions such as the country to reduce disability and restore functions. (There is a self-pay depending on the municipal tax amount of the household.)

Assistance for medical expenses with severe disabilities

policy holder of health insurance provides assistance to medical expenses's co-payment for those with disabilities:

  1. Handbook for the Physically Disabled 1.2
  2. Love Notebook (Nursing Notebook) A1, A2
  3. Handbook for the Physically Handicapped 3rd grade notebook of love B1

※For more information, please contact Insurance and Pension Division National Health Insurance Section (ward office the second floor telephone: 045-750-2428).
If you present your Medical Certificate along with your health insurance card at the medical institution, you will not have to pay a portion of the insurance medical treatment fee.
If you are not able to present Medical Certificate for a severely disabled person for unavoidable reasons, or if you go to a hospital that does not handle this system or a hospital outside the prefecture, you can get a refund if you go through the procedure at the ward office health pension section of your ward.
In addition, if you are consulted at a hospital outside the prefecture for those who are eligible for the longevity medical system (late-stage elderly medical care system), you will be automatically transferred to your designated account at a later date.

I want to know about allowances for children with disabilities and persons

Disability allowance at home

Yokohama-shi home disability allowance was abolished on April 1, 2010.

Kanagawa Prefecture Home Severe Disability Allowance

 Those who have Address for more than 6 months in the prefecture as of August 1 (base date), and fall under the following disability requirements. However, those who have entered (hospital) facilities or hospitals for more than three months continuously for one year until the day before the base date (from August 1 of the previous year to July 31 this year) are not eligible . (Paid nursing homes, group homes, care homes, etc. are eligible, hospitalization for those under 20 years old.)
 Those who are 65 years old or older and have obtained a disability certificate for the first time are not eligible. (Those who received the allowance for severely disabled persons at home in Kanagawa Prefecture in 2009 can receive it.)
 There is an income limit.
1.Those who fall under multiple disabilities
 Oh, person who received grant of certificate of the physically disabled first grade or the second grade
 B. Nursing notebook (love notebook) A person who is judged to be in the state of A1 or A2
 Person who received grant of mental patient health welfare notebook first grade
2.Persons who have received the welfare allowance for children with disabilities or special disability allowance under the provisions of the Act on Payment of Special Child Raising Allowance (excluding those that fall under 1)

Special disability allowance

This is an allowance for those who have severe disabilities over the age of 20 and who need special care at all times.
(There is an income limit. Excludes those who have been admitted to the facility and those who have been hospitalized for more than 3 months. )

Special Child Raising Allowance

This is an allowance for those who are raising children with disabilities who need assistance and rest under the age of 20.
(There is an income limit. Excludes elementary school student who enter the facility.)

Welfare allowance for children with disabilities

This is an allowance for those with severe disabilities under the age of 20 who need constant care in their daily lives.
(There is an income limit. Excludes elementary school student who enter the facility.)

I'm worried about life after my parents' death

 There is a disability support ordinance that requires guardianship support. Even if a person with a disability cannot receive nursing care from their parents, we provide consultation so that they can live with peace of mind in the community.

For inquiries to this page

Isogo Ward Health and Welfare Center Elderly and Disabled Support Division

Phone: 045-750-2490

Phone: 045-750-2490

Fax: 045-750-2540

Email address: is-koreisyogai@city.yokohama.jp

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