Paid nursing home for the elderly - KAIGOTSUKI YURYOROJIN HOME

...There are facilities such as condominiums for the elderly, which are aimed at healthy elderly people and require high contract and admission fees, as well as facilities such as welfare association-run homes for those enrolled in the Employee's Pension Insurance and homes for those enrolled in the Postal Pension Insurance System, which are available at lower costs than general paid nursing homes. There is also a high demand for paid nursing homes with care services for bedridden and senile elderly people, and with the bill on public nursing care insurance explicitly stating that nursing care at paid nursing homes is one of the home care services, it is expected that the establishment of these types of paid nursing homes will continue to increase. [Okamoto Takiko]...

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "paid nursing homes for the elderly" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…高額な契約金や入会金などを必要とする健康な老人を対象とした老人マンションのようなものから，厚生年金加入者が利用できる厚生団経営のホームや簡易保険郵便年金加入者ホームなど，一般の有料老人ホームよりは低額な費用で利用できる施設もある。また寝たきり老人やぼけ老人を対象とした介護付き有料老人ホームへの需要は高く，公的介護保険法案のなかで在宅介護サービスの一つとして有料老人ホームでの介護が明示されたことで，今後もこの種の有料老人ホームの設立は増えると考えられる。【岡本 多喜子】。…

※「介護付き有料老人ホーム」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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