Daily Lives of Long-Term Care Recipients and Policy Implications for Improving Long-Term Care Services

Abstract

This article aims to examine the daily lives of long-term care recipients by using long-term care survey data for 2022, focusing mainly on their healthcare use, mobility and ability to eat, and long-term care service use status. While this analysis revealed certain commonalities among long-term care recipients, it also identified characteristics that vary among them depending on the long-term care classifications to which they belong and the types of services they use. Based on our findings, I proposed improvements to long-term care services with the goal of promoting healthier and more dignified lives for the recipients.