Physical therapy and programs of the preventive approach in the long-term care insurance

Abstract

This paper reports on the role of the physical therapists in the preventive approach of the long-term care insurance introduced by Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology. The preventive approach is a comprehensive approach in which the short-term program aims to improve geriatric syndrome and the long-term program includes involvement of administrative policy. It is thought physical therapists should play a leading role in the preventive approach of the long-term care insurance.