Difference in long-term care cost obtained with the short-term intensive prevention service (day service type C): A 3-year follow-up study of Japanese older adults.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

A short-term intensive prevention service, known as day service type C, involves professional intervention for 3 to 6 months to enhance participants' social participation and roles within their communities. This study aimed to evaluate whether implementing short-term intensive prevention services reduces cumulative long-term care (LTC) costs over a 3-year period, compared with the situation for non-participants.

Methods

This study included older adults aged 65 years and older from Taketa City, Oita Prefecture. A total of 132 individuals participated in short-term intensive prevention services from 2016 to 2019, and the non-participant group comprised 116 individuals identified as eligible for services through a self-administered postal survey in 2019 (both groups at base

SUBMITTER: Watanabe R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12336428 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature