The Roujin-Home Information Center is a company specializing in finding elderly homes.
1. We will introduce an elderly home that meets the needs of the consultant.
We are a company specializing in finding a Japanese nursing homes. Our counselors are responsible for counseling based on information that makes use of more than 10 years of history and experience, about 30,000 consultation records, and about 4,000 affiliated nursing homes.
If you have any concerns such as,
- I don't know how to find out nursing home.
- I can't understand the types, characteristics, and differences of nursing home.
- Can I use long-term care insurance?
- How much does it cost?
- Can I move into a nursing home even if I have dementia?
- Is it possible to rehabilitate at the nursing home?
- Can you handle the nursing home on behalf of my family?
Please feel free to contact us about any nursing home in Japan.
2. We also provide necessary services for elderly people, including the nursing home introduction business.
We provide consultation and support for all services including adult guardianship, inheritance, funerals and bone-laying.
We are accepting consultations such as,
Referral Business
Introduction business of paid nursing homes, group homes, elderly housing, etc.
Publication of information magazine
Information magazine "CarePro Navi" and “Looking for the first home for the elderly”
Identity guarantee
A guarantor is required when moving into the nursing home, so please contact us if you have any problems.
Adult guardianship
We will introduce specialists such as lawyers, scriveners, administrative scriveners, etc.
Inheritance
We will introduce specialists such as tax accountants and lawyers, etc.
Property management
We will introduce specialists such as tax accountants, lawyers, real estate agents, etc.
Will
We will introduce specialists such as lawyers, scriveners, administrative scriveners, etc.
Funerals, Bone laying, Graveyards
We will introduce specialists such as funeral-related companies.
3. We can support from consultation of nursing home to moving in.
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1. Consultation
If you have any problems such as,
・Dementia has progressed
・I am worried about falling because my legs are getting weaker
・I cannot go shopping alone
・I cannot manage money
・I have an illness,
please feel free to contact us by e-mail. We respond to questions in English. -
2. Introduction
We will confirm about when to move in, place, budget, physical condition, your hobbies, and your needs for nursing home, etc. We carefully select the nursing home that you and your family will agree with.
We will send you materials such as, carefully selected home pamphlets, home comparison tables, information magazines (CarePro Navi), etc. by e-mail. -
3. Visit nursing home
We will select the nursing homes together from the pamphlets we have provided.
Let's visit the nursing homes that have been selected.
We recommend that you visit 3 places a day.
Let's check about the atmosphere of the home, the correspondence of the staff, etc.
and find out your favorite home. Please be assured that the counselor will also be present. -
4. Trial move-in
If you find a home that meets your requirements and wishes, let's try to trial moving-in. You need to realize the atmosphere of the home, the content of the service, the correspondence of the staff, etc. by actually spending a few days.
* Usage period: Approximately 1 week
* Usage fee: Thousands to tens of thousands of yen
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5. Contract・Main move-in
If there are no particular problems, this contract will be applied.
* It takes about one month from consultation to moving.
There are several things you need to do to find the nursing home in Japan.
There are various requirements for moving into a Japanese nursing home, so we would like to introduce them.
1. Who can move into the nursing home?
◇Age at the time of moving in
- ○In principle, 65 years old and over. (There are some exceptions.)
◇Nursing care certification (independence, requiring help, long-term care.)
- ○There are certification standards depending on the nursing home.
- ○Even if you have a home you like and want to move in, you may not be able to move in if the requirements are not met.
- ○There are nursing homes where you can move in from independent person.
◇About physical condition and medical care
- ○Please note that the homes you can move in vary depending on the type and condition of medical care.
◇A guarantor or underwriter is required.
- ○When you move into the home, you need a guarantor or underwriter, and in general, it is often for families.
- ○Family agency: If your family is overseas and you cannot handle the rush or hospitalization procedures at the time of emergency hospitalization, you can entrust the family agency by asking an identity guarantee company.
2. Introducing a list of types of nursing homes
Nursing housing with care is divided into two types: "private management" and "public facilities".
| Type | Independence | Requiring help１～２ | Long-term care level 1～２ | Long-term care level 3～5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Private management | Residence with long-term care for the eldery | 〇 | 〇 | 〇 | ◎ |
| Residence for the eldery | 〇 | 〇 | ◎ | 〇 | |
| Residence with health and welfare services for the eldery | 〇 | ◎ | ◎ | 〇 | |
| Group home | × | △※1 | 〇 | 〇 | |
| Public facilities | Care house | 〇 | 〇 | △ | △ |
| Special nursing home for the eldery | × | × | × | ◎ | |
| Health care facilities for the elderly requiring long-term care | × | × | 〇 | 〇 | |
| Sanatorium type medical care facilities for the elderly requiring care | × | × | 〇 | 〇 | |
3. Examples of medical care that can be handled at the nursing home.
Since the nursing home is not a hospital, medical care is limited.
However, recently, the number of nursing homes that are highly dependent on medical care is increasing,
Here are some examples of medical care.
(example)
- Insulin injection (diabetes)
- Suction of sputum (intraoral, nasal, tracheal cannula)
- Tube feeding (gastric fistula, intestinal fistula, nasal tube feeding), etc.
4. Daily flow of the nursing home
◇ Introducing what you spent from getting up to going to bed at the paid nursing home for the elderly.
| Time | Contents |
|---|---|
| 7:00 | Get up (change clothes / wash care) |
| 8：00 | Breakfast / medication / oral care |
| 10：00 | Exercise/ bathing care |
| 12：00 | Lunch |
| 13：00 | Recreation (Karaoke, handicrafts, walks, etc.) |
| 15：00 | Funny |
| 18：00 | Dinner |
| 21：00 | Bedtime (bed arrangement, washbasin, excretion care) |
Procedures for moving to Japan.
1. Regarding "status of residence" to move to Japan.
- If you are Japanese and have a green card, no procedure is required. Enter the country as it is with your Japanese passport.
2. Necessary procedures for moving to Japan.
Notification of resident registration (transfer)
- Please apply at the municipal office of your new location.
Obtaining health insurance※2
- You can apply for National Health Insurance in parallel with your resident registration. However, if you are dependent on your family's social insurance and wish to continue, no procedure is required.
*A universal health insurance system that all Japanese citizens are obliged to join will reduce the burden of medical expenses for anyone.
* For those over 75 years old, the payment amount will be changed to the medical system for the elderly. It will be a 10% burden of the total amount. (However, if you have income above a certain level, it will be 20% or 30%.)
Acquisition of long-term care insurance※3
- When the resident registration procedure is completed, the eligible person will be insured by the long-term care insurance and can apply for the long-term care insurance.
* It is a mechanism to support people who need long-term care in society as a whole.
* Applicants: No. 1 insured person (65 years old and over)
No. 2 insured person (patient with specific illness from 40 to 64 years old)
* At the age of 40, you will be obliged to take out long-term care insurance and will be required to pay insurance premiums.
* If you use the long-term care service, you will be charged 10% in principle. (However, if you have income above a certain level, it will be 20% or 30%.)
Flow of application procedure for long-term care insurance
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1 Consultation / application
Let's talk with the municipal office in your location.
※The target person is the applicant or his / her family. -
2 Flow of certification survey
* Certification survey
* Doctor's written opinion
*Nursing certification examination committee (examination / judgment)
*Based on the results of the certification survey and the doctor's written opinion, an expert will examine and judge the degree of care. -
3. Notification of judgment result
* Applicants will be notified by mail within 30 days from the date of submitting the application.
* The result of certification is the following 8 stages in total.
3. Degree of care
The following is a guideline for the degree of support and the degree of care required. It is listed in order from mild (Requiring help1) to severe (long-term care level 5). For details on the degree of long-term care, please refer to this "Article on Judgment and Classification of Long-term Care Certification".
A state in which help is needed for some of the actions required to lead a daily life.
Partial help is needed for actions necessary for daily life.
level 1
Conditions that require general assistance, such as cleaning and changing clothes necessary for daily life
level 2
A state in which assistance is required for general care of personal belongings, standing up, walking, moving movements, etc.
level 3
A state in which long-term care is required almost entirely in daily activities
level 4
Difficulty in living daily life without long-term care.
level 5
Almost bedridden and unable to lead a daily life without long-term care.
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