前ぜん期き高こう齢れい者しゃ

noun

young old; person aged 65–74

A demographic and administrative term used in Japanese healthcare and welfare contexts to distinguish the younger elderly (65–74) from the older elderly (75+).

• 前ぜん期き高こう齢れい者しゃは、介かい護ご保ほ険けん制せい度どで一いっ定ていのサービスを受うけられます。

  Young old persons can receive certain services under the long-term care insurance system.

• 前ぜん期き高こう齢れい者しゃと後こう期き高こう齢れい者しゃでは、医い療りょう費ひの自じ己こ負ふ担たん割わり合あいが異ことなります。

  The out-of-pocket ratio for medical expenses differs between the young old and the old old.