Around-the-Clock Nursing Care for the Elderly in Japan

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-41

  Murashima, Sachiyo ^d   Zerwekh, Joyce V ^a   Yamada, Masako ^b   Tagami, Yutaka ^c  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MITSUBISHI RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Aging at home; Home care; Home maintenance management

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LONG TERM CARE; MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; JAPAN; LONG-TERM CARE; MODELS, NURSING; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 0031616846     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.1998.tb01233.x     Document Type: Article

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