Persons who are currently covered by the Nursing Care Insurance and other persons who are qualified to receive nursing care services are described below. (Although there is no need to take procedures to sign up for the Nursing Care Insurance, “Qualification for Nursing Care [Kaigo Nintei]” must be obtained.)

Age	Recipients
65 years or older	Persons qualified as requiring nursing care and support. Note) Explicit reasons for nursing care need not be provided.

Age	Recipients
Subscribers of health care insurance aged 40 to 64 years	Persons qualified as requiring nursing care or support due to 16 designated diseases, including terminal cancer, Parkinson’s disease, cerebrovascular disease, etc.

Main Nursing Care and Nursing Care Prevention Services
Main nursing care and nursing care prevention services are as follows:

Visiting Service	Visiting nursing care, visiting nursing bath, visiting caregiving, visiting rehabilitation, home recuperation management guidance
Commuter’s In-house Service	Commuter’s in-house nursing (day service), commuter’s in-house rehabilitation (day care)
Short-term In-house Service	Short-term in-house life nursing care (short stay), short-term in-house recuperation nursing care (short stay)
Other Services	Renting welfare tools, benefit for purchasing welfare tools, home repair benefit, specific institution in-house life nursing care (pay nursing home, etc.)
Service Facilities	Welfare facilities for elderly-nursing (pay nursing home), health service facilities for elderly-nursing (health service facilities for elderly), recuperation facilities for recuperative nursing
Community-based Service (chiiki micchaku gata service)	Communal living nursing-care for dementia (group home) Commuter’s in-house nursing care for dementia (day service) Small-scale multifunction home nursing care [To be provided in the future]