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Long-Term Care Insurance Comes To Japan
John C. Campbell,Naoki Ikegami +1 more
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Japan has moved decisively toward "socialization of care" for the frail elderly by initiating public, mandatory long-term care insurance (LTCI) on 1 April 2000, which covers both institutional and community-based caregiving.Abstract:
Japan has moved decisively toward "socialization of care" for the frail elderly by initiating public, mandatory long-term care insurance (LTCI) on 1 April 2000. The LTCI program covers both institutional and community-based caregiving. Everyone age forty and older pays premiums. Everyone age sixty-five and older is eligible for benefits based strictly on physical and mental disability, in six categories of need. Benefits are all services, with no cash allowance for family care, and are generous, covering 90 percent of need. Long-term costs seemed not to be a major consideration in program design. Consumers can choose the services and providers they want, including use of for-profit companies.read more
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Help wanted? : providing and paying for long-term care
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Care-needs certification in the long-term care insurance system of Japan.
Takako Tsutsui,Naoko Muramatsu +1 more
TL;DR: Three years after implementation, the LTCI system and its needs‐assessment/certification system have been well accepted in Japan and there remain challenges, including area variations, growing demands for services, and the difficulty of keeping the needs certification free of politics.
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Population ageing and wellbeing: lessons from Japan's long-term care insurance policy
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TL;DR: Analysis of national survey data before and after the LTCI programme started shows increased use of formal care at lower cost to households, with mixed results for the wellbeing of carers.
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The Cambridge handbook of age and ageing
TL;DR: The Cambridge Handbook of Age and Ageing, first published in 2005, is a guide to the body of knowledge, theory, policy and practice relevant to age researchers and gerontologists around the world.
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Japan: Super-Aging Society Preparing for the Future
TL;DR: Japan has the highest proportion of older adults in the world, and aging is not only an immediate personal issue but also a salient factor in crucial public policies, such as pensions, health, and long-term care.
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