The purpose of this study is to find the current status on the operation and to suggest the improvement plans of elderly long-term care insurance system performed from July 1, 2008. For this purpose, this study was performed with literature reviews and analysis of reported national results of the practiced system, mainly, and new plans to promote the existing system were suggested follow.
First, the elderly classes with low income and severe mental diseases need to be included to the system and reinforced in community, because they are easily processed to severe elderly classes with physical and mental damages.
Second, the day/night-care service and short period care service facilities to provide elderly with variate desires need to be developed as home-visiting care service.
Third, the services need to be developed high quality, variate and specialize according to variate desires of elderly, as like the home-visiting nursing care management system linked to community hospitals to prove health and prevent severe disease of elderly in home.
Fourth, it is necessary to make an alternative system to support burden of the family care elderly in home for reduction of severe elderly.