The attitude of Japanese family caregivers toward the elderly with dementia

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 415-422

  Yamamoto Mitani, Noriko ^a   Tamura, Makoto ^b   Deguchi, Yasunobu ^c   Ito, Keiko ^d   Sugishita, Chieko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

^c Japan   (Japan)

^d NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Caregiver attitude; Caregiver elderly relationship; Family caregiving; Family interaction

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAREGIVER; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0034293723     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0020-7489(00)00021-3     Document Type: Article

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