Reconsideration of the Relationship Between the Public Long-term Care Insurance System and the Welfare System for Persons with Disabilities

: Inter-ínstitutional Coordination Between the Two Systems from a Critical Perspective

Abstract

Using the concepts of “adjusting overlaps” and “adjusting supplements” in the theory of inter-institutional coordination, this study critically examined the relationship between the current public long-term care insurance system and the welfare system for persons with disabilities. First, prioritizing public long-term care insurance as adjusting overlaps in the two systems is irrational. This can be indicated by comparing and analyzing two cases related to the prioritization of public long-term care insurance. In addition, it is argued that the satisfaction of care assurance and welfare needs for people with disabilities aged≥65 placed between the “blind spot” of the two systems will be achieved by adjusting supplements.