About certification for long-term care

1. About application of certification for long-term care
2. Home / Nursing Care Prevention Service Plan Creation Request Notification Related
3. Others

・The person or his / her family applies for "certification for long-term care" at the ward office Elderly and Disabled Support Division. We can have Local Elderly Care Management Center (community care plaza, etc.), home care support companies act on behalf of you. （Click here for a list of community care plazas）

(Renewal application)
・Even if you have already been certified as requiring long-term care, you will need to apply for renewal before the validity period expires to continue using The Long-term Care Insurance services. You can apply for renewal 60 days before the expiration of your certification validity period.

・The Long-term Care Insurance (needs nursing care and support required) certification application (PDF: 368KB) (Click here for entry examples (PDF: 497KB))
・The Long-term Care Insurance Insured Card (issued at the age of 65)
・Those who know the name of your medical institution, doctor, etc.

• Application for certification of The Long-term Care Insurance (needs nursing care and support required)
• The Long-term Care Insurance Insured Card (original)

　※When submitting the application form, please attach the The Long-term Care Insurance insured card (original). Applications can be accepted even if they cannot be attached due to loss or other reasons.

• Medical insurance insured person's card (* Only for those aged 40 to 64, original or copy)

　※After December 2, 2024, one of "valid medical insurance insured person's card", "qualification confirmation", or "notice of qualification information" is required.

The submission destination will be Elderly and Disabled Support Division in each ward, but you can also have the Local Elderly Care Management Center (community care plaza, etc.), home care support companies, etc. act on your behalf. （Click here for a list of community care plazas）
About presentation method, window of ward office or presentation by mail is possible.
Please refer to the following for details.
If you are eligible for the Address Special Exception System (Note 1), please check the “Insurer Number” on the The Long-term Care Insurance Card and submit it to the Elderly and Disabled Support Division of each ward.

Note 1) The special system for the Address area is a system in which an insured person in The Long-term Care Insurance enters a nursing care insurance facility or a paid nursing home in another municipality from the municipalities where they live and transfers resident certificate to the location of the facility.

• Notification is required when care manager, such as home care support providers, creates a home (care prevention) service plan (care plan), care prevention care management, or when the contents of the care plan, etc. are changed. You.
• Please consult with the care manager in charge and submit it.

For more information, please click here.

• Temporary handling of certification for long-term care related to COVID-19 infection

• About introduction of simplification of certification examination committee pertaining to certification for long-term care (notification) (PDF: 702KB) (PDF: 702KB)