Consensus on cash benefits for family care under long-term care insurance and clarification of benefit level

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26380736
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Social welfare and social work studies
• Research Institution: Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University (2016-2017); Tohoku University (2014-2015)
• Principal Investigator: OGATA Tomoaki 東北医科薬科大学, 医学部, 助教 (60633675)
• Research Collaborator: TARASAWA Kunio 東北大学, 大学院医学系研究科, 助教 ; CHIBA Hiroki 北里大学, 医学部, 助教 ; MISAWA Jinpei 日本大学, 医学部, 助教 ; MORIYA Yukinori 東北文化学園, 医療福祉学部, 教授
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 介護手当 / 介護保険 / 居宅介護 / 家族介護 / 支払い意思額 / 利用者主導 / 仮想評価法 / 在宅看取り

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We conducted WEB survey on residents 20 to 65 years old. The number of samples was 2,000. Attributes of the inhabitants were 45.3 years of average age, male-female ratio 1: 1. 14.5% of respondents said that they thought they could take home care until the end, and 46.4% thought they could not do it.As a reason for not being able to take home at home until the end, the burden on the family was 58.5%, the economic burden was 39.8%, and the anxiety at the time of sudden change was 39.7%. What I would like you to eliminate is the most burdensome on family members, 38.3%, with economic burden at 20.7%, the next point.
To eliminate the economic burden, the level of nursing care allowance is the payment intention of 1,401 yen per hour when asking relatives for nursing care,
When I care for my family, I was willing to receive an hourly wage of 1,601 yen.

Free Research Field

医療管理学