要よう介かい護ご

noun

requiring nursing care; needing long-term care

Used in the context of Japan's long-term care insurance system to describe a person certified as needing care. Often appears in compounds like 要介護認定 (certification of needing care) and 要介護度 (level of care needed).

• 祖そ母ぼは要よう介かい護ご認にん定ていを受うけている。

  My grandmother has been certified as requiring nursing care.