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KMID : 1001720210310030023
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Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation
2021 Volume.31 No. 3 p.23 ~ p.44
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A Review on the Introduction of Massage Benefits for People with Visual Disabilities in the Long-Term Care Insurance System for the Elderly through the Long-Term Care Insurance in Japan
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Nam Jeong-Hwi
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study is to consider the introduction of massage services in the long- term care insurance system for the elderly in order to find a stable employment for visually disabled massage workers in an unstable labor market. To this end, a literature analysis was conducted focusing on the case of the long-term care insurance in Japan, which dealt with the problem of elderly care in the face of an aging society before Korea.
The contents of the study are as follows. First, the actual status and problems of the domestic massage industry for the visually disabled were examined, and then, the Japanese long-term care insurance system focused on the outline of the system, the contents of benefit, and service providers. Through this, it was intended to present policy directions for the introduction of massage services in the long-term care insurance system for the elderly. As a result of the study, in the case of Japan, the long-term care insurance was introduced in 2000 with the aim of coping with the increase in the number of nursing care elderly and alleviating the burden on nursing families. Since the introduction of the long-term care insurance, the number of nursing care elderly has increased rapidly, and in particular, as their severity has increased, financial pressure such as an increase in medical expenses has come. In order to ease the financial burden, the Japanese government has reformed the long-term insurance several times, introducing rehabilitation services, preventive benefits, and local-friendly benefits to slow down the pace of seriousness of the elderly. In addition, in order to solve the problem of securing nursing staff due to the increase in the number of nursing caregivers, nursing social workers, care managers, and functional training instructors have prepared various health care manpower systems.
In Korea, which has already entered an aged society in 2017, it is an urgent task to establish a care prevention system in line with the seriousness of the elderly who will be in the aged society. To this end, it is time to actively consider introducing rehabilitation services, care managers, and functional training services implemented in Japan. In introducing such a system, in terms of social solidarity and win-win, the wisdom of creating jobs and establishing a social safety net for the socially vulnerable, such as visually disabled massagers, should also be exercised.
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KEYWORD
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Massager, The Long-term Care Insurance, The Visually Disabled
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