Does Zaitaku Hitori Shi no Susume (The Case for Dying Alone at Home) hold up?

Zaitaku Hitori Shi no Susume (The Case for Dying Alone at Home), by Chizuko Ueno (2021)

Argues that a person living alone can die at home, supported by long-term care insurance and home medical care.

The short answer

Possible, but the costs vary widely, and the evidence on satisfaction comes from one local survey.

Older people living alone are as satisfied with life as people in four-person households.

Contested Based on one local survey, not national official data.

Dying alone at home costs little.

Holds with conditions Practitioners put home end-of-life costs at ¥300,000 to ¥3 million, but one privately paid case reached ¥1.6 million a month.