Reference: Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare website (https://www.mhlw.go.jp/content/12300000/001258062.pdf) A list of subsidy programs by
prefecture for fiscal year 2025 is available here (https://www.techno-aids.or.jp/robot/file07/result-kaihatsu.pdf)
Reference 1: Items eligible for welfare equipment rental: (https://www.kaigokensaku.mhlw.go.jp/publish/group21.html) Reference
2: Notifications and interpretive notices regarding welfare equipment under the Long-Term Care Insurance System: (https://www.mhlw.go.jp/content/12300000/000856339.pdf)
Reference 3: Materials from the Social Security Council—Long-Term Care Benefits Subcommittee: (https://www.mhlw.go.jp/file/05-Shingikai-12601000-Seisakutoukatsukan-Sanjikanshitsu_Shakaihoshoutantou/0000168702.pdf)