Municipality
市町村( しちょうそん )
A city, town or village, together with a special ward (特別区): the bodies that run long-term care insurance (介護保険) under this Act, whose insured persons Article 9 names.
Article 9, paragraph (1) See it in the glossary Association
連合会( れんごうかい )
A Federation of National Health Insurance Associations (国民健康保険団体連合会) as provided in Article 45, paragraph (5) of the National Health Insurance Act.
Article 21, paragraph (3) See it in the glossary Designated In-Home Service
指定居宅サービス( していきょたくさーびす )
An in-home service (居宅サービス) provided by a business a prefectural governor has designated (指定居宅サービス事業者), at its place of business covered by the designation, as Article 41, paragraph (1) of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act provides.
Article 41, paragraph (1) See it in the glossary Designated Community-Based Service
指定地域密着型サービス( していちいきみっちゃくがたさーびす )
A community-based service (地域密着型サービス) provided by a business the mayor of a municipality has designated (指定地域密着型サービス事業者), at its place of business covered by the designation, as Article 42-2, paragraph (1) of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act provides.
Article 42-2, paragraph (1) See it in the glossary Designated In-Home Long-Term Care Support
指定居宅介護支援( していきょたくかいごしえん )
In-home long-term care support (居宅介護支援) provided by a person the mayor of the municipality or of another municipality has designated (指定居宅介護支援事業者), at a business office covered by the designation, for which the municipality pays an allowance for an in-home service plan (居宅介護サービス計画費) (Article 46, paragraph (1)).
Article 46, paragraph (1) See it in the glossary Designated Facility Service, etc.
指定施設サービス等( していしせつさーびすとう )
The facility services listed in Article 48, paragraph (1) of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act: welfare facility services for the elderly requiring long-term care given by a facility a prefectural governor has designated, long-term care health facility services, and integrated medical and long-term care facility services (介護医療院サービス).
Article 48, paragraph (1) See it in the glossary Designated Preventive Long-Term Care Service
指定介護予防サービス( していかいごよぼうさーびす )
A service to prevent long-term care (介護予防サービス) provided by a business a prefectural governor has designated (指定介護予防サービス事業者), at its place of business covered by the designation, as Article 53, paragraph (1) of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act provides.
Article 53, paragraph (1) See it in the glossary Designated Community-Based Service for Preventive Long-Term Care
指定地域密着型介護予防サービス( していちいきみっちゃくがたかいごよぼうさーびす )
A community-based preventive long-term care service (地域密着型介護予防サービス) provided by a person the mayor of a municipality has designated (指定地域密着型介護予防サービス事業者), at a business office covered by the designation, for which the municipality pays community-based preventive long-term care service allowances (地域密着型介護予防サービス費) (Article 54-2, paragraph (1)).
Article 54-2, paragraph (1) See it in the glossary Designated Preventive Long-Term Care Support
指定介護予防支援( していかいごよぼうしえん )
Preventive long-term care support (介護予防支援) provided by a person designated by the mayor of the municipality (指定介護予防支援事業者) — for an insured person covered by the domicile exception, of the municipality where their facility is located — at a business office covered by the designation, for which the municipality pays an allowance for a preventive long-term care service plan (介護予防サービス計画費) (Article 58, paragraph (1)).
Article 58, paragraph (1) See it in the glossary Comprehensive Project for Long-Term Care Prevention and Daily Life Support
介護予防・日常生活支援総合事業( かいごよぼう・にちじょうせいかつしえんそうごうじぎょう )
The projects a municipality (市町村) carries out as community support projects (地域支援事業), under standards a Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Order (厚生労働省令) sets, to prevent its insured persons (被保険者) from coming to need long-term care or support, to ease or stop the worsening of that need and to support independent daily life in the community: the item (i) projects (第一号事業) for insured persons needing in-home support and others such an Order names — home-visit and day-service support, daily-life support and preventive care management — and the item (ii) preventive projects for primary insured persons (第一号被保険者).
Article 115-45, paragraph (1) See it in the glossary category 1 project
第一号事業( だいいちごうじぎょう )
The part of a municipality's comprehensive long-term care prevention and daily life support projects (介護予防・日常生活支援総合事業) that carries out, for insured persons requiring support at home and others a Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Order (厚生労働省令) specifies (居宅要支援被保険者等), the category 1 home-visit (第一号訪問事業), day service (第一号通所事業), daily life support (第一号生活支援事業) and preventive long-term care support (第一号介護予防支援事業) projects listed in Article 115-45, paragraph (1), item (i).
Article 115-45, paragraph (1), item (i) See it in the glossary Designated Provider
指定事業者( していじぎょうしゃ )
A person the mayor of a municipality designates, under Article 115-45-3, paragraph (1), to run category 1 projects (第一号事業) — home-visit, day-service and daily-life support projects and preventive care management for insured in-home persons requiring support and similar insured persons (居宅要支援被保険者等) — at a business office covered by the designation, for whose use the municipality pays category 1 project payments (第一号事業支給費).
Article 115-45-3, paragraph (1) See it in the glossary trustee
受託者( じゅたくしゃ )
In Article 115-47, paragraphs (7) and (9), Article 180, paragraph (1) and Article 181, paragraphs (2) and (3), a person to whom the mayor of a municipality (市町村長) has entrusted carrying out the comprehensive project for long-term care prevention and daily life support (介護予防・日常生活支援総合事業) under Article 115-47, paragraph (1) or (5).
Article 115-47, paragraph (7) See it in the glossary examination committee for Long-Term Care Benefit expenses, etc.
給付費等審査委員会( きゅうふひとうしんさいいんかい )
The committee for examining long-term care benefit expenses, etc. (介護給付費等審査委員会) that a Federation of National Health Insurance Associations (連合会) sets up to examine the invoices for long-term care benefit expenses (介護給付費請求書) and for comprehensive long-term care prevention and daily life support project expenses whose examination is entrusted to it under this Act (Article 179).
Article 179, paragraph (1) See it in the glossary Person in Charge of Comprehensive Project for Long-Term Care Prevention and Daily Life Support
介護予防・日常生活支援総合事業担当者( かいごよぼう・にちじょうせいかつしえんそうごうじぎょうたんとうしゃ )
In Article 180 and Article 181, paragraph (2), a person in charge of item (i) projects (第一号事業) at a designated provider (指定事業者), or of the comprehensive project for long-term care prevention and daily life support (介護予防・日常生活支援総合事業) at a contractor the municipality has entrusted it to (受託者): one of the groups whose representatives sit on the examination committee for benefit expenses, etc. (給付費等審査委員会).
指定事業者において第一号事業を担当する者又は受託者において介護予防・日常生活支援総合事業を担当する者
Article 180, paragraph (1) See it in the glossary Person in Charge of Service Covered by Long-Term Care Benefits, etc.
介護給付等対象サービス担当者( かいごきゅうふとうたいしょうさーびすたんとうしゃ )
In Article 180 and Article 181, paragraphs (1) and (2), a person who provides designated in-home services, designated community-based services, designated in-home long-term care support, designated facility services, etc., designated preventive services, designated community-based preventive services or designated preventive long-term care support: one of the groups whose representatives sit on the examination committee for benefit expenses, etc. (給付費等審査委員会).
指定居宅サービス、指定地域密着型サービス、指定居宅介護支援、指定施設サービス等、指定介護予防サービス、指定地域密着型介護予防サービス又は指定介護予防支援を担当する者
Article 180, paragraph (1) See it in the glossary