Translation guide
A place where older adults receive therapy to regain or maintain physical, mental, or social abilities. In Japan, this includes medical institutions, day services, and nursing homes with rehabilitation programs.
A hospital or specialized ward where elderly patients stay to receive intensive rehabilitation after illness or injury.
Standard term for a convalescent rehabilitation ward, often for elderly patients recovering from stroke or fractures.
My mother is receiving walking training in the convalescent rehabilitation ward.
A geriatric health services facility providing rehabilitation and nursing care, often for those not requiring full hospitalization.
祖父は老人保健施設でリハビリを続けています。
My grandfather is continuing rehabilitation at a geriatric health services facility.
A long-term care medical facility for elderly needing ongoing medical management and rehabilitation. Less common now due to policy changes.
介護療養型医療施設は徐々に廃止されつつあります。
Long-term care medical facilities are gradually being phased out.
A daytime program where elderly people visit a facility for rehabilitation and return home in the evening.
Common term for day care with rehabilitation services. Often used in conversation.
週に3回デイケアに通っています。
I go to day care three times a week.
Official term for outpatient day rehabilitation under long-term care insurance.
通所リハビリテーションの利用を検討しています。
We are considering using outpatient day rehabilitation.
Rehabilitation services provided to residents of a long-term care facility.
Rehabilitation at a special nursing home for the elderly. Often abbreviated as 特養.
特養では、理学療法士がリハビリを行います。
At the special nursing home, physical therapists provide rehabilitation.
Rehabilitation at a private paid nursing home with care services.
介護付き有料老人ホームでは、個別リハビリが受けられます。
At the assisted living facility, you can receive individual rehabilitation.
A broad, non-specific reference to a place where elderly people get rehabilitation.
A straightforward, general term meaning 'rehabilitation facility for the elderly'.
高齢者向けリハビリ施設を探しています。
I'm looking for a rehabilitation facility for the elderly.
A shorter, common way to say it, though 老人 can sound slightly blunt.
近所に老人リハビリ施設ができました。
A rehabilitation facility for the elderly opened in the neighborhood.
リハビリ is the common abbreviation in everyday speech. リハビリテーション is the full formal term, often used in official names and documents.
デイケア focuses on rehabilitation and medical support, while デイサービス emphasizes social activities and personal care. Both are day services for the elderly.
祖母は週に2回、高齢者向けリハビリ施設に通っています。
My grandmother goes to a rehabilitation facility for the elderly twice a week.
駅の近くに新しい老人リハビリ施設が建設中です。
They are building a new rehabilitation facility for the elderly near the station.
Day service that may include light rehabilitation, but focuses more on social activities and personal care.
デイサービスで簡単な体操をします。
We do simple exercises at the day service.