These covered visits cover the parent's personal care and a defined slice of housework, scheduled in the care plan. The boundary trips up overseas families: a helper bathes the parent and tidies their room but will not clean the whole house or run general errands. Frame requests around the parent's daily living, not the home. If the tasks feel too narrow, work with the care manager to adjust the plan, not the visit.
Related terms
- ホームヘルパー（home helper）— home-care worker
- ケアプラン（care plan）— care plan
- 訪問看護（houmon kango）— home-visit nursing
Where to go next
This word will come back at the home assessment or in the first care plan. The full Japanese elder care glossary holds 52 terms, and the long-term care insurance guide shows where each one sits in the process.
If you would rather someone handled the Japanese side, our care navigation service does that, and the first consultation is 30 minutes and free. Definitions here are general orientation and rules vary by municipality; see our editorial policy or contact us with your situation.