Service-provided housing for seniors (Sakoju) is rental housing for seniors that includes services such as safety checks and lifestyle consultations. It's easiest to understand if you imagine it as "apartments or condominiums for seniors with monitoring services."
Life in a senior housing complex
Residents can continue living a lifestyle similar to that of their own homes, and many healthy individuals manage to do their own laundry, cleaning, and shopping. If care becomes necessary, it is common to utilize external services such as home care.
Differences from paid nursing homes
Service-provided housing for seniors focuses on "housing," with care services provided by external providers. Nursing care-provided care homes are "facilities where residents live while receiving care services." If care or medical needs increase, residents of service-provided housing may be asked to move to another facility, so it's reassuring to confirm this before moving in.
*Reference: Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, "Service-Provided Housing System for the Elderly," "Overview of the Long-Term Care Insurance System"
Consult with a care concierge.
