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About care assistance
Last update date May 2, 2024
What is nursing care assistance?
With the introduction of the Long-Term Care Insurance System, nursing care assistance under the Public Assistance Act was newly established in 2000 to guarantee the minimum level of living services covered byThe Long-term Care Insurance. (Article 11, Paragraph 1, Item 5 of the Act)
News about nursing care assistance
April 2024 social security Standards (PDF: 232KB)
Targets for nursing care assistance
It is said that "persons requiring care and those who cannot maintain a minimum living due to poverty are eligible" (Article 15-2 of the Act), and specifically shown in the table below Person becomes target of care assistance.
| Age | Classification | |
|---|---|---|
| social security recipients aged 65 and over | The Long-term Care Insurance's first insured | |
| social security recipients aged 40 to under 65 | Medical insurance subscribers | The Long-term Care Insurance's second insured |
| Non-medical insurance members | A person other than the insured | |
About the cost burden ratio of nursing care assistance and The Long-term Care Insurance benefits
| Classification | Percentage of expenses | |
|---|---|---|
| The Long-term Care Insurance's first and second insured persons | The Long-term Care Insurance benefits 90% | 10% of nursing care assistance |
| A person other than the insured | 100% nursing care assistance | |
Method of care assistance
Care assistance is provided based on an application from the social security recipient. If it is deemed necessary to provide a nursing care service, you will receive a nursing care service from a nursing care institution designated by the Public Assistance Act, but as for the payment method of nursing care services, in principle, in-kind benefits Is supposed to be done. (Article 54-2 of the Act; Article 34-2 of the Act)
Specifically, instead of collecting user self-pay from social security recipients, the designated nursing care institution requests the Health and Welfare Center to issue a nursing care ticket to the National Health Insurance Federation (National Health Insurance Federation).
About designation of care institution
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Health and Social Welfare Bureau Lifestyle Support Division
Phone: 045-671-4088
Phone: 045-671-4088
Fax: 045-664-3031
Email address: kf-seikatsushien@city.yokohama.jp
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