Japan: user number of community-based long-term care by service

In the fiscal year 2021, around 4.7 million long-term care patients in Japan received daycare services at community-based nursing facilities. Approximately 2.5 million dementia patients received care services at group homes they lived in. The community-based long-term care system was established in 2006 to support the lives of the elderly in the local areas. Facilities and services are managed and provided by municipalities.

Number of people receiving community-based long-term nursing care or support in Japan in fiscal year 2021, by service (in 1,000s)

Characteristic	Number of users in thousands
-	-
-	-
-	-
-	-
-	-
-	-
-	-
-	-
-	-

Download

Source

Show detailed source information?

Already a member?

Source

Use Ask Statista Research Service

Release date

August 2023

More information

Region

Japan

Survey time period

fiscal year 2021; the Japanese fiscal year starts on April 1 of the stated year and ends on March 31 of the following year

Supplementary notes

*The users can freely choose from three services, daycare, short-stay at nursing facilities, or home-visit helper service, with a monthly flat rate.
**The users can freely choose from four services, daycare, short-stay at nursing facilities, home-visit helper service, or home-visit nursing care, with a monthly flat rate.

Figures have been rounded.

Citation formats