After applying for long-term care insurance for the elderly, the average number of deaths before grade determination has exceeded 5,000 over the past five years
Apr 14, 2025
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Long-term care insurance for the elderly is a social insurance system that provides long-term care benefits such as support for physical activities or household activities to the elderly who are unable to live their daily lives alone due to old age or senile diseases.
If the elderly aged 65 or older or those under the age of 65 with geriatric diseases such as dementia apply for long-term care recognition, the rating committee will determine the rating among grades 1-5 and cognitive support.
According to the data received by Kim Mi-ae, a member of the National Health and Welfare Committee, from the National Health Insurance Corporation, the number of long-term care insurance applications for the elderly last year was 795,950, an increase of about 30,000 from the previous year, and more than 270,000 from 521,422 in 2020. However, a total of 3,774 elderly people died last year before being graded after applying for long-term care recognition. In the past five years, the average number of deaths before grade evaluation after applying for recognition of long-term care insurance for the elderly has reached 5,236 per year, reaching 7,694 in 2022. In other words, thousands of elderly people in need die before receiving care benefits.
Representative Kim Mi-ae said, `The fact that thousands of senior citizens die a year before being graded after application means that the purpose of the system is not achieved after all.'"The Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Health Insurance Corporation should examine, analyze, and come up with improvement measures to ensure that long-term care insurance works effectively for senior citizens who are unable to live their daily lives due to aging or senile diseases."," he stressed.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
