[SUMMARY] This study aimed to develop a nursing model that promotes comprehensive care of aspiration pneumonia (hereafter pneumonia) in residents of a long-term healthcare facility for the elderly (hereafter healthcare facility). The provisional nursing model was created by integrating pneumonia best care practices of eight nurses at four healthcare facilities obtained from interviews with a nursing model derived from the three stages of preventive medicine, which was then supplemented with literature review. Nurses at the healthcare facilities utilized information obtained through collaboration with other healthcare professionals to assess the residents' condition and their subsequent changes, determined and implemented the necessary care accordingly. Therefore, the nursing model was created by setting objectives and care plans for nurses, other healthcare professionals, residents and their families to conduct depending on the residents’ condition. Next, the validity of the content and structural concepts of the provisional nursing model was confirmed by the expert panel and revised with respect to comments from the experts. The nursing model consisted of 14 care objectives based on the identification of risk of pneumonia for all residents, the residents’ condition, 3 care objectives to be implemented regardless of the residents’condition/situation, and 60 measures to be implemented by nurses, other healthcare professionals, residents and their families to achieve each respective objective. This nursing model was considered useful for the prevention of aspiration and aspiration pneumonia in residents of healthcare facilities by enabling nurses to accurately assess the condition/situations of all residents and to provide appropriate pneumonia care. In the future, there is a need to try out the nursing model and clarify its effect.