public assistance
保護（ ほご ）
Public assistance under this Act, which every citizen (国民) who meets the requirements this Act sets may receive without discrimination and on an equal footing.
Article 2, paragraph (1) See it in the glossary performance in money
金銭給付（ きんせんきゅうふ ）
Giving public assistance by giving or lending money.
金銭の給与又は貸与によつて、保護を行うこと
Article 6, paragraph (4) See it in the glossary performance in kind
現物給付（ げんぶつきゅうふ ）
Giving public assistance by giving or lending goods, giving medical care, providing services, or any means other than giving or lending money (金銭給付).
物品の給与又は貸与、医療の給付、役務の提供その他金銭給付以外の方法で保護を行うこと
Article 6, paragraph (5) See it in the glossary integrated facility for medical and long-term care
介護医療院（ かいごいりょういん ）
An integrated facility for medical and long-term care as defined in Article 8, paragraph (29) of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act: a facility licensed by the prefectural governor (都道府県知事) under Article 107, paragraph (1) of that Act to give medical management, nursing, care under medical supervision, functional training, other necessary medical care and help with daily life, under a facility service plan (施設サービス計画), to people requiring long-term care (要介護者) who mainly need medical care over a long period, and whose need for treatment is of the degree a Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Order (厚生労働省令) sets.
同条第二十九項に規定する介護医療院
Article 31, paragraph (4) See it in the glossary long-term care health facility
介護老人保健施設（ かいごろうじんほけんしせつ ）
A long-term care health facility as defined in Article 8, paragraph (28) of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act: a facility licensed by the prefectural governor (都道府県知事) under Article 94, paragraph (1) of that Act to give nursing, care under medical supervision, functional training, other necessary medical care and help with daily life, under a facility service plan (施設サービス計画), to people requiring long-term care (要介護者) who mainly need support to maintain and restore their physical and mental functions so that they can live at home, and whose need for treatment is of the degree a Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Order (厚生労働省令) sets.
同条第二十八項に規定する介護老人保健施設
Article 31, paragraph (4) See it in the glossary Facility Covered by Public Aid Providing Long-Term Care to the Elderly
介護老人福祉施設（ かいごろうじんふくししせつ ）
An intensive care home for the elderly (特別養護老人ホーム) under Article 20-5 of the Act on Social Welfare for the Elderly with 30 or more places, whose purpose is to give the people requiring long-term care (要介護者) admitted to it bathing, toileting, eating and other daily-life care, functional training, health management and care in the course of medical treatment under a facility service plan (施設サービス計画).
同条第二十七項に規定する介護老人福祉施設
Article 31, paragraph (4) See it in the glossary Community-Based Facility for the Elderly Covered by Public Aid Requiring Long-Term Care
地域密着型介護老人福祉施設（ ちいきみっちゃくがたかいごろうじんふくししせつ ）
An intensive care home for the elderly (特別養護老人ホーム) under Article 20-5 of the Act on Social Welfare for the Elderly with 29 or fewer places, whose purpose is to give the people requiring long-term care (要介護者) admitted to it — limited to those in a care-need category a Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Order (厚生労働省令) sets or otherwise unable to live at home as such an Order provides — bathing, toileting, eating and other daily-life care, functional training, health management and care in the course of medical treatment under a community-based facility service plan (地域密着型施設サービス計画).
介護保険法第八条第二十二項に規定する地域密着型介護老人福祉施設
Article 31, paragraph (4) See it in the glossary facility care services
施設介護（ しせつかいご ）
Facility care services as Article 15-2, paragraph (4) defines them: daily-life care for residents of a community-based facility covered by public aid providing long-term care to the elderly (地域密着型介護老人福祉施設入所者生活介護), long-term care welfare facility services (介護福祉施設サービス), long-term care health facility services (介護保健施設サービス) and integrated medical and long-term care facility services (介護医療院サービス), as defined in Article 8 of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act.
第十五条の二第四項に規定する施設介護
Article 31, paragraph (4) See it in the glossary care prevention services
介護予防（ かいごよぼう ）
Care prevention services (介護予防) as Article 15-2, paragraph (5) defines them: the preventive long-term care services under Article 8-2 of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act that the paragraph lists — such as preventive home-visit bathing, nursing and rehabilitation, preventive day rehabilitation and short stays, and preventive rental of welfare equipment — and services equivalent to them.
同条第五項に規定する介護予防
Article 34-2, paragraph (2) See it in the glossary care prevention and daily life support
介護予防・日常生活支援（ かいごよぼう・にちじょうせいかつしえん ）
Support equivalent to that given through the category 1 home-visit projects (第一号訪問事業), category 1 day-service projects (第一号通所事業) and category 1 daily life support projects (第一号生活支援事業) of Article 115-45, paragraph (1), item (i), (a) to (c) of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act, as Article 15-2, paragraph (7) defines it: one of the forms long-term care assistance (介護扶助) takes.
同条第七項に規定する介護予防・日常生活支援
Article 34-2, paragraph (2) See it in the glossary care prevention and daily life support provider
介護予防・日常生活支援事業者（ かいごよぼう・にちじょうせいかつしえんじぎょうしゃ ）
A person who, as a business, carries out category 1 projects (第一号事業) as defined in Article 115-45, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act — one of the long-term care providers (介護機関) to which long-term care assistance (介護扶助) may be entrusted.
その事業として同法第百十五条の四十五第一項第一号に規定する第一号事業を行う者
Article 34-2, paragraph (2) See it in the glossary care prevention support plan
介護予防支援計画（ かいごよぼうしえんけいかく ）
A plan, as Article 15-2, paragraph (6) defines it, setting the kinds and content of the care prevention services, etc. (介護予防等) a person requiring support (要支援者) who lives at home will use, so that they can use them properly, drawn up by those whom the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Order (厚生労働省令) under Article 8-2, paragraph (16) of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act specifies among the staff of a community comprehensive support center (地域包括支援センター) under Article 115-46, paragraph (1) of that Act and the employees of an office providing designated in-home long-term care support (指定居宅介護支援) under Article 46, paragraph (1) of that Act.
第十五条の二第六項に規定する介護予防支援計画
Article 34-2, paragraph (2) See it in the glossary long-term care provider
介護機関（ かいごきかん ）
The persons and facilities to which long-term care assistance (介護扶助) in kind may be entrusted once designated under Article 54-2, paragraph (1): those who, as a business, give in-home care services (居宅介護) or draw up in-home care support plans (居宅介護支援計画); specified welfare equipment dealers (特定福祉用具販売事業者); community-based and other facilities covered by public aid providing long-term care to the elderly (地域密着型介護老人福祉施設, 介護老人福祉施設); long-term care health facilities (介護老人保健施設); integrated facilities for medical and long-term care (介護医療院); those who, as a business, give care prevention services (介護予防) or draw up care prevention support plans (介護予防支援計画); specified care prevention welfare equipment dealers (特定介護予防福祉用具販売事業者); and care prevention and daily life support providers (介護予防・日常生活支援事業者).
その事業として居宅介護を行う者及びその事業として居宅介護支援計画（第十五条の二第三項に規定する居宅介護支援計画をいう。第五十四条の二第一項及び別表第二において同じ。）を作成する者、その事業として介護保険法第八条第十三項に規定する特定福祉用具販売を行う者（第五十四条の二第一項及び別表第二において「特定福祉用具販売事業者」という。）、地域密着型介護老人福祉施設、介護老人福祉施設、介護老人保健施設及び介護医療院、その事業として介護予防を行う者及びその事業として介護予防支援計画（第十五条の二第六項に規定する介護予防支援計画をいう。第五十四条の二第一項及び別表第二において同じ。）を作成する者、その事業として同法第八条の二第十一項に規定する特定介護予防福祉用具販売を行う者（第五十四条の二第一項及び別表第二において「特定介護予防福祉用具販売事業者」という。）並びに介護予防・日常生活支援事業者（その事業として同法第百十五条の四十五第一項第一号に規定する第一号事業を行う者をいう。以下同じ。）
Article 34-2, paragraph (2) See it in the glossary in-home care services
居宅介護（ きょたくかいご ）
In-home care services as Article 15-2, paragraph (2) of the Public Assistance Act defines them: the in-home long-term care services under Article 8 of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act that the paragraph lists — such as home-visit care, home-visit nursing, day care, short stays and rental of welfare equipment — and services equivalent to them.
第十五条の二第二項に規定する居宅介護
Article 34-2, paragraph (2) See it in the glossary in-home care support plan
居宅介護支援計画（ きょたくかいごしえんけいかく ）
A plan, as Article 15-2, paragraph (3) defines it, setting the kinds and content of the in-home care services, etc. (居宅介護等) — in-home care services (居宅介護) and the other health, medical and welfare services needed to live day to day at home — that a person requiring long-term care (要介護者) who lives at home will use, so that they can use them properly.
第十五条の二第三項に規定する居宅介護支援計画
Article 34-2, paragraph (2) See it in the glossary specified care prevention welfare equipment dealer
特定介護予防福祉用具販売事業者（ とくていかいごよぼうふくしようぐはんばいじぎょうしゃ ）
In Article 54-2, paragraph (1) and Appended Table 2 (別表第二), a person who, as a business, makes the sale defined in Article 8-2, paragraph (11) of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act (特定介護予防福祉用具販売): selling, in the manner a Cabinet Order (政令) sets, to a person requiring support at home (居宅要支援者), welfare equipment that helps prevent the need for long-term care and is used for bathing or toileting, or that the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare otherwise specifies.
Article 34-2, paragraph (2) See it in the glossary specified welfare equipment dealer
特定福祉用具販売事業者（ とくていふくしようぐはんばいじぎょうしゃ ）
In Article 54-2, paragraph (1) and Appended Table 2 (別表第二), a person who, as a business, makes the sale of specified welfare equipment (特定福祉用具販売) defined in Article 8, paragraph (13) of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act: selling, in the manner a Cabinet Order (政令) sets, to a person requiring long-term care at home (居宅要介護者), welfare equipment used for bathing or toileting, or that the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare otherwise specifies.
Article 34-2, paragraph (2) See it in the glossary