Formal to Senior
Care · Greeting
You
ご入居、ようこそいらっしゃいました。ここが新しいお住まいになります。どうぞご遠慮なく。
ごにゅうきょ、ようこそいらっしゃいました。ここがあたらしいおすまいになります。どうぞごえんりょなく。
Welcome and congratulations on moving in. This is your new home. Please make yourself completely at home.
Romaji: Go-nyuukyo, youkoso irashaimashita. Koko ga atarashii o-sumai ni narimasu. Douzo go-enryo naku. / Reply Romaji: ...Yoroshiku onegaishimasu...
Reply
…よろしくお願いします…
…よろしくおねがいします…
...I'm in your hands...
Gesture & etiquette
Bow warmly at the entrance and walk alongside the new resident — not behind or ahead of them. Show them their room first. Allow silence — moving in is emotionally heavy and they may not have many words at this moment.
Moving into a care facility can be an emotionally complex moment for seniors. 「ここが新しいお住まいになります」(this becomes your new home) uses affirming language rather than clinical terminology. 「ご遠慮なく」(without reservation / please feel at ease) signals that this is a safe, welcoming environment.