Long-term Care Insurance Certification

How it works

Risks & contraindications

Comparisons

Highlighted claims

• LTCI certification in Japan reflects disability and impairment in activities of daily living. — Long-term habitual physical activity and risk of mortality and long-term care insurance certification in cancer survivors: a prospective cohort study in the LIFE study, Japan
• LTCI assessment is conducted by a trained local government official who visits the home or hospital and uses a 74-item questionnaire. — Long-term habitual physical activity and risk of mortality and long-term care insurance certification in cancer survivors: a prospective cohort study in the LIFE study, Japan
• LTCI certification levels are generally re-evaluated every 6 to 12 months. — Long-term habitual physical activity and risk of mortality and long-term care insurance certification in cancer survivors: a prospective cohort study in the LIFE study, Japan
• After accounting for competing risk from mortality, lower physical activity groups had higher risk of LTCI certification. — Long-term habitual physical activity and risk of mortality and long-term care insurance certification in cancer survivors: a prospective cohort study in the LIFE study, Japan
• Using a stricter endpoint of care need level 2 or above, or death, lower-activity groups still had higher risk than the exercise-and-walking group. — Long-term habitual physical activity and risk of mortality and long-term care insurance certification in cancer survivors: a prospective cohort study in the LIFE study, Japan
• LTCI care-need levels have been found to correlate with Barthel Index ADL scores in prior research. — Long-term habitual physical activity and risk of mortality and long-term care insurance certification in cancer survivors: a prospective cohort study in the LIFE study, Japan