LTCI Need Assessment Procedures
People can be eligible for the LTCI benefit if they have suffered with geriatric diseases
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Application to
the eligibility assessment
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The LTCI Need Assessment
Committee decided
the grade of applicant’s need
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A written notice is given to
the selected beneficiary
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Benefit contract signing
LTCI Benefit grade
LTCI Benefit grade table
| Grade |
Conditions |
Score |
| Ranking 1 |
A person who is completely dependent on the help of another person to go about daily life |
score ≥ 95 |
| Ranking 2 |
A person who is mostly dependent on the help of another person to go about daily life |
75 ≤ score < 95 |
| Ranking 3 |
A person who is in partial need of the help of another person to go about daily life |
60 ≤ score < 75 |
| Ranking 4 |
A person with mental and physical disabilities and who is in partial need |
51 ≤ score < 60 |
| Ranking 5 |
A person with dementia |
45 ≤ score < 51 |
| Cognitive support ranking |
A person with dementia |
Below 45 |
Types of Benefits
- Home-based benefits
- Home visit care: support beneficiaries’ daily activities and household chores, by visiting home
- Home visit bathing: help beneficiaries to bath using equipment
- Home visit nursing: A nurse or an assistant nurse visit home and provide care and consultation with the doctor’s instruction
- Day and night care: provide institutional care service by the hour in a day
- Short-term respite care: provide LTCI facility care services up to 9 days a month
- Others(Equipment service)
- Institution-based benefits
- LTCI Facilities : provide beneficiaries who have stayed in LTCI facilities for a long time with education or training for supporting their daily activities
- Community-based LTCI home : provide home-like atmosphere
- Special benefit in cash
- When beneficiaries need to get care from his or her family members with several reasons, NHIS provides family members with cash in return for the service