As for subject awareness of systems for introducing assistive
products, the high awareness group accounted for
53% of the PTs aware of systems for purchase of assistive
products based on the Long-Term Care Insurance Act and
also 53% of the PTs aware of systems for rental of assistive
products based on the Long-Term Care Insurance Act. For
social welfare measures for the elderly (benefits for daily life
equipment), however, the high awareness group accounted
for only 24% of the PTs. The subjects were more aware of
the systems based on the Long-Term Care Insurance Act
than the social welfare measures for the elderly. No statistical
correlation was observed between the awareness of such
systems and subject attributes (gender and years of clinical
experience).