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要介護認定 (youkaigonintei) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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To receive a certification of needed long-term care level, you apply at the municipal office.
As a result of my mother's care-needs certification, she was assessed as Care Level 2.
Kanji 要 need, main point, essence 介 jammed in, shellfish, mediate 認 acknowledge, witness, discern 定 determine, fix, establish Related words 介かい 護ご 保ほ 険けん 制せい 度ど The long-term care insurance system itself; 要介護認定 is the certification process within that system.
要よう 支し 援えん Refers to the 'support required' levels (1–2), a lighter category than the 'care required' levels (要介護1–5) determined by 要介護認定.
Etymology Compound of 要 (need), 介護 (nursing care), and 認定 (certification). The term is a modern administrative coinage from Japan's long-term care insurance system established in 2000.
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