Rental and Purchase of care equipments |
Wakaba provide rental and selling of care equipments. Long-term care insurance system covers 90% of rental fee for care equipments listed in the following table. So requires assistance and requires nursing care can use expensive equipments such as wheelchair and care bed with 10% fee. In addition, Wakaba sells another equipments useful for independant life such as portable toilet or bath equipments covered by the insurance and a lot of equipements without insurance cover. |
Rental equipements
Those certified as on the care level 1-5 can use all equipements, but those certified as on the support level 1 or 2 can use equipements from L to Q | ||
Item | Description | |
A | Wheelchair | Standard manual type, standard motorized type, standard nursing care type. |
B | Wheel chair accessories | Items directly attached to wheelchair(cushion, power unit, etc.) |
C | Nursing care bed | Nursing care bed(one to tree motors bed) |
D | Nursing care bed accessories | For direct attachement to nursing care bed such as mattress,side rails,etc. |
E | Bedsore prevention mat | Mat with body weight dispersing effect for bedsore prevention |
F | Position changer | Devices for changing position of recipient |
G | Motion sensor | Alert system to monitor senil person attempting go outside |
H | Lifts | Lift and move device for care service of elderly person |
I | Bathing lifts | Lift attaching on bathtub for bathing |
J | Lift chairs | Chair with lift fonction to stand up from ground position to sitting position |
K | Floor gap lifts | Lifting machine for wheelchair to pass floor level gap |
L | Handrail | Movable handrail which don't need any fixation |
M | Ramp | Movable ramp to facilitate moving of recipient |
N | Walker | Walking device which support standing position |
O | Walking devices | Canes,Canadian crutches, multi-pronged canes,etc. |
P | Slideboad | Moving device with which facilitate transfer of recipient from bed to wheelchair for exemple |
Q | 6 wheels walker | Walking device with 6 wheels which assist easy turn for elderlies |
Welfare equipments purchasable with 10% of total fee
Item | Description |
Toilet equipment | Potable toilet, high seat toilet, toilet seat with lifting fonction, seat for Japanese style toilet |
Nursing care urinal | Automatic urine vacuum equipment |
Bathing accessory devices | Seats placing inside or outside of bathtub, Handrail, bath boad, no slip platform |
Portable bathtub | Transportable bathtub |
Band attachement for transport lift | Lift attachement using for supporting recipient |
How to use rental equipment service under Long-term care insurance system
Certification as requires assistance or requires nursing care 1to 5 is
necessary for 10% fee rental services. At first, call a care managing provider
such as Wakaba Cop. to make a care plan. The care manager makes all applications
for rental equipments in place of client. Welfare equipment consultant
will visit client's home to advice client in choosing equipments in consideration
of client's physical condition and life style. Monthly rental fee(in general 10% of whole fee) will be asked by the provider by 10th each month. |
How to purchase equipment not covered by the system