Long-Term Care Code
22 February 2026
The Ministry of Health offers assistance in financing long-term nursing care for persons with physical impairments and persons with cognitive impairments according to the financial situation of the long-term nursing care candidates and their family members.
The Ministry of Health process of long-term nursing care consists of two stages:
- Determining the patient's medical and functional status and the suitability for care in a nursing facility for persons with physical impairments or persons with cognitive impairments.
- Determining the amount of copay for the long-term nursing care candidates and their family members in financing long-term nursing care.
Application
You can submit an application in two ways:
- Fill out and submit the online form.
- Print a form for manual completion and send it along with the required documents to the "Department of Chronic Diseases" at the Health Bureau in the patient's area of residence.
List of chronic care departments at local Health Bureaus
In the link below you will find detailed information about the process as well as answers to the following questions:
- Who is eligible for assistance in financing long-term nursing care?
- Which documents should be submitted?
- How to file an application?
- How long until answers are received?
Long-term care code
More information on assistance from the Ministry of Health in financing hospitalization in a long-term care facility and details on the determination of copayment are available on the Government Payments Website.