Burden on family caregivers of frail elderly persons one year after the introduction of public long term care insurance service in the Onga District, Fukuoka Prefecture: Evaluation with a Japanese version of the Zarit caregiver burden interview

Japanese Journal of Geriatrics

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 147-155

  Washio, Masakazu ^a   Arai, Yumiko ^c   Izumi, Hisako ^a,b   Mori, Mitsuru ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Burden; Caregiver; Frail elderly; Long term care insurance; Social service

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, LONG-TERM CARE; JAPAN; MALE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0037637559     PISSN: 03009173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3143/geriatrics.40.147     Document Type: Article

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