The Long-term Care Insurance Subscribers

If you are over 40 years old with Address in Yokohama, you will have to join The Long-term Care Insurance in Yokohama.
Depending on age, it is divided into those aged 65 or older (first insured) and those who have medical insurance between the ages of 40 and 64 (second insured).

If you become the first insured person and need nursing care in your daily life, regardless of the cause of illness or injury, you can use the nursing care service after certification for nursing care.
The long-term care insurance card is issued to everyone and sent before the 65th birthday.

You become the second insured person and can use the nursing care service after certification for long-term care only if you need nursing care due to a specific illness (*).
The long-term care insurance card is issued to those who have been certified as requiring nursing care and support and those who wish.

※What is a specific disease?
1.Terminal cancer
2.Rheumatoid arthritis
3.Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
4.Back vertical ligaments ossification
5.Osteoporosis with fractures
6.Dementia in the elderly
7.Progressive nuclear paralysis, cerebral cortex basal degeneration and Parkinson's disease
8.Spinal cord cerebellar degeneration
9.Spinal canal stenosis
10.Elder disease
11.Multisystem atrophy
12.Diabetic neuropathy, diabetic nephropathy and diabetic retinopathy
13.Cerebrovascular disease
14.Obstructive arteriosclerosis
15.Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
16.Osteoarthritis with significant deformation in the knee or hip joints on both sides