Housing renovation expenses in The Long-term Care Insurance

90% of the cost (in the case of 10% burden) will be paid by The Long-term Care Insurance within a certain limit when a specific house renovation such as installing handrails so as not to hinder living at home. Will be refunded by the insurer (Yokohama City).

• Target: Needing support, care recipients
• Limit: 200,000 yen (insurance benefits: 180,000 yen (in the case of 10% burden)))
  • The user burden for those with a certain level of income is 20% (insurance benefits 160,000 yen) or 30% (insurance benefits 140,000 yen). ※It will be.
    ※The 30% burden will be introduced from August 2018.
  • The percentage of burden as of the date of payment of the renovation cost (date of receipt) will be applied.
    Income above a certain levelAbout service user burden of service (PDF: 475KB)Please refer to it.

（１） Consult with a care manager, etc. (a statement of reasons created by the care manager etc. is always required.)

If you do not have a care manager, consult with the ward office Senior Citizen (Disability) Support Section

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（２） Consult with the ward office Insurance and Pension Division in advance about the contents of the housing renovation

If you request construction from a receipt commission payment handling company, you can do the construction simply by paying the user's share. (Housing renovation work can be handled even if you are not a registered company.)

Look at receipt commission payment registration company list (we move to page for company)

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３） Application for housing renovation expenses to the ward office Insurance and Pension Division

Pre-registration is required before construction starts.

Documents required before construction starts

• The Long-term Care Insurance Benefit Payment Application Form (Excel: 23KB)　<Entry example> (Excel: 28KB)
• Detailed input form 3 (Excel: 18KB)　<Entry example> (Excel: 26KB)　
• Reason for Housing Renovation (Excel: 23KB)　<Entry example> (Excel: 18KB)
• Power of Attorney for application and receipt of The Long-term Care Insurance benefits (in the case of requesting construction work from a commissioned contractor)
• Quotation
• Estimates breakdown (standard form) (Excel: 13KB)、<Entry example> （PDF：699KB）
  • Breakdown of Estimates
    You can use the above standard format or the style for each business establishment.
    When using the form of each business site, specify the renovation site for each of the six construction categories covered by the The Long-term Care Insurance, and separate material costs, construction costs, and various expenses.
• Photographs before construction work (with dated)
• A description of the state to be completed (using photos or simple diagrams)
• Approval letter (rental housing, etc.) for housing renovation (word: 15KB)
• Copy of lease agreement (rental housing, etc.)

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（４） Received “Notice Concerning Housing Renovation”

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Construction and Completion

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（５） Refund of housing renovation expenses (no procedure is not required if requested by a commissioned commission payment company)

Documents required after construction work

• Receipt (in the case of commissioned receipt payment, a copy of the receipt given to the insured)
• Breakdown of Construction
• Photographs after construction work (with dated)
• Total cost statement and confirmation for housing renovation (in the case of commissioned payment)

We abolish seal signature to applications having you submit to Motoichi sequentially from March 1, 2021.
This page (Excel: 10KB) is the contents of the review of seal signatures on applications required for housing renovation expenses.

On July 13, 2018, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare sent a notice.
Please refer to the following.

About partial revision of "payment of home care house repair costs and care prevention house repair costs" (The Long-term Care Insurance latest information vol.664) (PDF: 234KB)

Document screening and visit surveys for individual applications by persons with specialized knowledge about the welfare and living environment were completed on March 31, 2012. Thank you very much for your cooperation.
In addition, each ward office will confirm whether it is appropriate as a target of insurance payment depending on whether the applied construction is a renovation suited to the insured person. At that time, we may ask questions or confirm the details of the construction, so please continue to cooperate.