In order to reduce the financial burden of people with moderate and severe disabilities staying in residential service institutions and reduce the long-term care pressure on families. The Ministry of Health and Welfare has announced adjustments to the "subsidy program for users of residential service institutions", with the subsidy amount increased to 15,000 yuan per person per month, with a maximum of 180,000 yuan per year. In addition, for qualified persons with disabilities, a new subsidy of 5,000 yuan per month for day care and residential care fees will be added. Gao City will accept applications from now until December 16.
The Health Bureau pointed out that this subsidy adjustment is an important measure to reduce the burden of family care in long-term care 3.0. It is applicable to eligible residents staying in legally established general nursing homes, mental care homes, welfare institutions for the elderly (excluding nursing beds), welfare institutions for people with disabilities, residential long-term care service institutions, children and juvenile placement and education institutions, as well as self-financed disability nursing beds, self-financing dementia nursing beds and other institutions affiliated to the National Military Retired Officers and Soldiers Counseling Committee.
In terms of subsidy amount, residents whose long-term care needs are assessed to be level 4 or above, or who hold a valid certificate of moderate or above moderate physical and mental disabilities, can receive a monthly subsidy of 15,000 yuan, with a maximum of 180,000 yuan for the year; the care needs of existing residents will be taken into consideration , people who have actually moved in before January 1, 2012 and continue to move in, even if their long-term care need level has not been evaluated, or the evaluation has not reached level 4, can still apply for a monthly subsidy of up to 5,000 yuan and a maximum of 60,000 yuan for the whole year in accordance with regulations to continue the original protection.
In addition, for people who have already received the "Day Care and Residential Care Expenses Subsidy for People with Disabilities" and hold certificates of moderate or above disability, an additional subsidy of 5,000 yuan per month will be added in 2015 to further reduce the care expenses of people with disabilities and their families.
The Health Bureau stated that the method of determining the number of subsidy days this year (2026) has been adjusted. The application time will directly affect the subsidy rights. Among them, residents who have moved in before December 31, 2026 and continue to move in until January 2026, can enjoy the subsidy days starting from January 2026. Calculated from the 1st; for residents who have newly moved into an institution since October 1, 2020, and the number of days of stay in subsequent years, the actual number of days of stay in each month must still reach one-half of the calendar days of that month, starting from the date of submitting the subsidy application, in order to qualify for the calculation of the current month's subsidy.
In order to facilitate citizens' application, the Kaohsiung City Government has adopted a division of labor acceptance and review mechanism between the Health Bureau and Social Affairs Bureau, and provides multiple application channels such as counter, mail and agency delivery. People staying in general nursing homes, mental care homes and residential long-term care institutions can contact the Health Bureau (07) 713-1500 ext. 17 15; People who live in welfare institutions for the elderly, welfare institutions for people with disabilities, and homes for honorary citizens can contact the Social Affairs Bureau (07) 336-8333, extension 2448; for additional subsidies for day care and residential care for people with disabilities, they can contact the Social Affairs Bureau (07) 336-8333, extension 3949.
