Welfare, veterans & labour
Preparation of application documents for installation reports of home-care welfare facilities and designation of long-term care institutions
A home-visit care center is an in-home welfare facility for senior citizens under the Welfare of Senior Citizens Act. It provides home-visit care, home-visit bathing, home-visit nursing, day and night care, short-term care and other services to senior citizens living at home. An office and business registration alone are not enough to operate. You must file a report of establishment with the competent city, county or district (si/gun/gu) office and then pass the designation review as a long-term care institution before you can provide services to long-term care beneficiaries.
Procedure
- Notification Difficulty Low
You submit the statutory report form and required documents. Once the documents are in order the report is accepted; for some reports the authority checks the contents before accepting it.
- Certification Difficulty High
Designation or certification after document review and on-site evaluation against the criteria set by the agency. The result depends on the evaluation score or review outcome.
We will prepare and submit application documents for establishment of home-visit care and day/night care facilities and designation as long-term care facilities. We will also prepare the operating regulations and business plan necessary for the selected procedure.
Scope & fee
- Report on installation of home-visit care only and prepare operating regulations
- We will prepare and submit a 5-page installation report and operating regulations for 1 home-visit care facility. Facilities, personnel, usage rights, and safety confirmation data are provided as standard and do not include designation of long-term care institutions, on-site visits, construction, or employee recruitment.
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- Designation of home-visit care and long-term care institutions only, writing of business plan
- We will prepare and submit application documents and a 5-page business plan for designation as a long-term care institution for 1 home-visit care facility. This is the standard for completing the installation report or meeting the jurisdiction's parallel application requirements and providing existing operating regulations, facilities, and personnel data. Separate installation report, on-site visit, construction, and designated inspection are not included.
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- Report on establishment of home-visit care, designate, operate regulations, prepare business plan, visit once
- We will prepare a report on the establishment of 1 home-visit care facility, application documents for designation as a long-term care facility, 5 pages of operating regulations, and 5 pages of business plan. We include 1 visit to compare data in the the Seoul metropolitan area area and the receipt and confirmation of results for both applications. Facilities, manpower, technology, and safety data are provided, but construction, hiring, and fire inspection are not included.
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- Report installation of day and night protection only and prepare operating regulations
- We will prepare and submit an installation report and 5 pages of operating regulations for 1 day and night care facility. Facilities, personnel, usage rights, and safety confirmation data are provided as standard and do not include designation of long-term care institutions, on-site visits, construction, or employee recruitment.
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- Designation of day and night care long-term care institutions only and preparation of business plan
- We will prepare and submit application documents and a 5-page business plan for designation as a long-term care institution for 1 day and night care facility. This is the standard for completing the installation report or meeting the jurisdiction's parallel application requirements and providing existing operating regulations, facilities, and personnel data. Separate installation report, on-site visit, construction, and designated inspection are not included.
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- Day and night protection installation report, designation, operating regulations, business plan preparation, 1 visit
- We will prepare a report on the establishment of 1 day and night care facility, application documents for designation as a long-term care facility, 5 pages of operating regulations, and 5 pages of business plan. We include 1 visit to compare data in the the Seoul metropolitan area area and the receipt and confirmation of results for both applications. Facilities, manpower, technology, and safety data are provided, but construction, hiring, and fire inspection are not included.
- Official fee source ↗
1. Deciding which services to provide
First decide which services to combine among home-visit care, home-visit bathing, home-visit nursing, day and night care, short-term care and in-home support services for senior citizens. The facility area and the staff required depend on the combination of services.
2. Checking the office and the building use
You need an independent office space of at least a certain area, with a counseling space and a document storage space. The building use is reviewed as a neighborhood living facility, business facility, or facility for senior citizens and children. Day and night care and short-term care require a total floor area of 90㎡ or more (if the user capacity is 6 or more, add living room or bedroom space of 6.6㎡ or more per person), and in-home support services for senior citizens require an exclusive area of 33㎡ or more.
3. Securing the facility head and staff
The head of the facility must be a person who meets the prescribed requirements, such as a social worker qualification. Meet the staffing standards for each service: care workers for home-visit care, and nurses, nursing assistants, dental hygienists and the like for home-visit nursing.
4. Report of establishment
Prepare the documents on facility standards and staff and the operating rules, and file a report of establishment of an in-home welfare facility for senior citizens with the competent city, county or district (si/gun/gu) office.
5. Application for designation as a long-term care institution
Once the report of establishment is accepted, apply for designation as a long-term care institution and undergo the designation review. Only after designation can you provide benefit services to long-term care beneficiaries and claim the costs.
Required documents
- Report of establishment of an in-home welfare facility for senior citizens
- Building register, floor plan, and proof of the right to use the office (ownership or lease)
- List of the facility head and employees and copies of their qualification certificates
- Operating rules and business plan
- Application for designation as a long-term care institution and designation review materials
- Staff documents for home-visit nursing, if home-visit nursing is provided
Fees
There is no government fee for the report of establishment or the application for designation themselves. Our office fee starts from the amount shown above and may vary depending on the combination of services and the scope of drafting the operating rules and designation review materials; we will give you an exact quote after reviewing your documents.
Legal basis and review date
- Welfare of Senior Citizens Act, Article 38
- Welfare of Senior Citizens Act, Article 39
- Enforcement Rule of the Welfare of Senior Citizens Act, attached Table 9
- Long-Term Care Insurance Act, Article 31
- Long-Term Care Insurance Act, Article 23
- Long-Term Care Insurance Act, Article 32-3
Check these first
- Before signing a lease, first check whether the building use and the office area and partitioning meet the standards.
- Designation as a long-term care institution is subject to review and has a period of validity, so it must be renewed before the period expires.
Frequently asked questions
Can a home-visit care center operate with business registration alone?
What services can an in-home welfare center for senior citizens provide?
What else is needed to provide home-visit nursing?
What are the area standards for a day and night care center?
Who can be the head of a home-visit care center?
Contact us
Hwang Yunsang Administrative Office in Songdo, Incheon prepares and submits administrative documents and explains the procedure. If your situation is similar, send us a message.
📍 2697, 26F POSCO Tower-Songdo, 165 Convensia-daero, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, Republic of Korea · 📞 010-3374-2687 · 🌐 hwangadmin.com
This guide is general information based on public sources. Requirements, documents and deadlines differ by case and by the competent agency, so please confirm them before you proceed.