What is the Address special case in The Long-term Care Insurance?

If you move to Address (resident certificate) to a facility location in connection with entering or moving into a facility in another municipality, you will remain an insured person in the municipalities before entering the facilityAddress.

The facilities subject to the Address special provision are as follows.
　●Nursing homes for the elderly, nursing homes for the elderly, nursing care clinics
　●Paid nursing homes, nursing homes, light-paying nursing homes (Type A and Type B), care houses
　●Housing for the elderly with services that provide services that correspond to paid nursing homes

※Group homes and community-based facilities are not subject to the Address area special provision in The Long-term Care Insurance.
If you transfer Address (resident certificate) to a facility that is not eligible for the Address area special provision, you will be insured by the municipality where the facility is located.

Please contact Insurance and Pension Division National Health Insurance Section in your ward.
Ward Office